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Species

it contains eighty-three species and one subspecies, found in North America, Africa, Europe, Asia,

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'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia *'' P. albopilosus'' (Tyschchenko, 1965) – Russia, Kazakhstan *'' P. allegrii'' Caporiacco, 1935 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia *'' P. amazonka'' Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Central Asia *'' P. apacheus'' Lowrie &

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, 1955 – USA *'' P. arciger'' (Walckenaer, 1837) – Southern Europe, Armenia *'' P. badkhyzicus'' Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Turkmenistan *'' P. beani'' Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa *'' P. bitaeniata'' (

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, Queensland, New South Wales) *'' P. bonus'' Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Ukraine (Crimea), Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan *'' P. borisi'' Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Kazakhstan *'' P. brevis'' (Simon, 1868) – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria,

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, Greece, Ukraine, Turkey, Cyprus, Iran *'' P. bulawayoensis'' Wesolowska, 2000 – Zimbabwe, South Africa,

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*'' P. canadensis''

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, 2017 – Canada, USA *'' P. canosus'' Simon, 1937 – France *'' P. cinctipes'' ( Banks, 1898) – Mexico *'' P. cingulatus'' Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania *'' P. corticolens'' Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico *'' P. crandalli'' Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 – USA *'' P. dahli'' Lessert, 1915 – Uganda, Kenya *'' P. denisi'' Schenkel, 1963 – Tajikistan,

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*'' P. diagonalis'' (Simon, 1868) – Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Iran *'' P. dilutus'' Logunov, 1995 – Central Asia *'' P. durioei'' (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria *'' P. dyali'' Roewer, 1951 – Pakistan *'' P. epularis'' (

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, 1872) – Greece to China, Namibia, South Africa *'' P. flavipalpis'' (Lucas, 1853) – Greece (incl. Crete), Turkey, Cyprus *'' P. frischi'' ( Audouin, 1826) – Egypt *'' P. geniculatus'' (Simon, 1868) – Southern Europe, Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, Caucasus, Middle East, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia **'' Pellenes g. subsultans'' (Simon, 1868) – France *'' P. gerensis'' Hu, 2001 – China *'' P. gobiensis'' Schenkel, 1936 – Russia, Mongolia, China *'' P. grammaticus'' Chamberlin, 1925 – USA *'' P. hadaensis'' Prószyński, 1993 – Saudi Arabia *'' P. hedjazensis'' Prószyński, 1993 – Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates *'' P. himalaya'' Caleb, Sajan & Kumar, 2018 – India *'' P. iforhasorum'' Berland & Millot, 1941 –

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, Mali *'' P. ignifrons'' (Grube, 1861) – USA, Canada, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia *'' P. inexcultus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – St. Helena *'' P. iva'' Caleb, 2018 – India *'' P. karakumensis'' Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Turkmenistan *'' P. laevigatus'' (Simon, 1868) – Greece (

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), Lebanon *'' P. lagrecai'' Cantarella & Alicata, 2002 – Italy *'' P. lapponicus'' (

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, 1833) –

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, Alpine and Northern Europe, Russia (European to Far East) *'' P. levaillanti'' (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria *'' P. levii'' Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 – USA *'' P. limatus'' Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – USA *'' P. limbatus''

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, 1895 – Russia, Central Asia, Mongolia, China *'' P. logunovi'' Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996 – Russia *'' P. longimanus'' Emerton, 1913 – USA *'' P. lucidus'' Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005 – Afghanistan *'' P. luculentus'' Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen *'' P. maderianus'' Kulczyński, 1905 – Madeira, Israel *'' P. marionis'' (

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& Krause, 1994) – Cape Verde Is. *'' P. mimicus'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia *'' P. minimus'' (Caporiacco, 1933) – Libya *'' P. modicus'' Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania, South Africa *'' P. moreanus'' Metzner, 1999 – Macedonia, Greece, Turkey *'' P. negevensis'' Prószyński, 2000 – Israel *'' P. nigrociliatus'' (Simon, 1875) – Canary Is., Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia, China *'' P. obliquostriatus'' Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia *'' P. obvolutus'' Dawidowicz & Wesolowska, 2016 – Kenya *'' P. pamiricus'' Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Tajikistan *'' P. peninsularis'' Emerton, 1925 – Canada, USA *'' P. perexcultus'' Clark & Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena *'' P. pseudobrevis'' Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Central Asia *'' P. pulcher'' Logunov, 1995 – Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia *'' P. purcelli'' Lessert, 1915 – Uganda *'' P. rufoclypeatus'' Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa *'' P. seriatus'' ( Thorell, 1875) – France, Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia *'' P. shoshonensis'' Gertsch, 1934 – USA *'' P. sibiricus'' Logunov & Marusik, 1994 – Russia, Central Asia, Mongolia, China *'' P. siculus'' Alicata & Cantarella, 2000 – Italy ( Sicily) *'' P. stepposus'' (Logunov, 1991) – Russia, Kazakhstan *'' P. striolatus'' Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002 – Yemen ( Socotra) *'' P. sytchevskayae'' Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan *'' P. tharinae'' Wesolowska, 2006 – Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' P. tocharistanus'' Andreeva, 1976 – Central Asia *'' P. tripunctatus'' (Walckenaer, 1802) (

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) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia, China *'' P. turkmenicus'' Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Russia, Central Asia *'' P. unipunctus'' Saito, 1937 – China *'' P. univittatus'' (Caporiacco, 1939) – Ethiopia *'' P. vanharteni'' Wesolowska, 1998 – Cape Verde Is. *'' P. washonus'' Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 – USA

References

External links

Photograph of ''P. brevis''

Cosmopolitan spiders Salticidae Salticidae genera {{Jumping-spider-stub