
Pelegrina is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family Salticidae. They are found throughout North America. Many of the species in the genus Pelegrina were previously placed in the genus Metaphidippus, and before that, in Dendryphantes. The genus was erected in 1930 by the Spanish arachnologist Pelegrín Franganillo Balboa, who named it after himself.
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Pelegrina is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family Salticidae. They are found throughout North America. Many of the species in the genus Pelegrina were previously placed in the genus Metaphidippus, and before that, in Dendryphantes. The genus was erected in 1930 by the Spanish arachnologist Pelegrín Franganillo Balboa, who named it after himself.
==Species== , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: Pelegrina aeneola (Curtis, 1892) – North America Pelegrina arizonensis (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – North America Pelegrina balia Maddison, 1996 – United States Pelegrina bicuspidata (F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico, Guatemala Pelegrina bunites Maddison, 1996 – United States, Mexico Pelegrina chaimona Maddison, 1996 – United States, Mexico Pelegrina chalceola Maddison, 1996 – United States Pelegrina clavator Maddison, 1996 – Mexico Pelegrina clemata (Levi, 1951) – United States, Canada Pelegrina dithalea Maddison, 1996 – United States Pelegrina edrilana Maddison, 1996 – Mexico Pelegrina exigua (Banks, 1892) – United States Pelegrina flaviceps (Kaston, 1973) – United States, Canada Pelegrina flavipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – United States, Canada Pelegrina furcata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) – United States, Mexico Pelegrina galathea (Walckenaer, 1837) – Canada to Costa Rica, Bermuda Pelegrina helenae (Banks, 1921) – United States Pelegrina huachuca Maddison, 1996 – United States Pelegrina insignis (Banks, 1892) – United States, Canada Pelegrina kastoni Maddison, 1996 – United States, Mexico Pelegrina montana (Emerton, 1891) – United States, Canada Pelegrina morelos Maddison, 1996 – Mexico Pelegrina neoleonis Maddison, 1996 – Mexico Pelegrina ochracea (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico, Guatemala Pelegrina orestes Maddison, 1996 – United States, Mexico Pelegrina pallidata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico to Nicaragua Pelegrina peckhamorum (Kaston, 1973) – United States Pelegrina pervaga (Peckham & Peckham, 1909) – United States Pelegrina proterva (Walckenaer, 1837) – United States, Canada Pelegrina proxima (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica Pelegrina sabinema Maddison, 1996 – United States Pelegrina sandaracina Maddison, 1996 – Mexico to Nicaragua Pelegrina tillandsiae (Kaston, 1973) – United States Pelegrina tristis Maddison, 1996 – United States Pelegrina variegata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico to Panama Pelegrina verecunda (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1930) – United States, Mexico Pelegrina volcana Maddison, 1996 – Panama Pelegrina yucatecana Maddison, 1996 – Mexico
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