Pelegrina galathea (Walckenaer, 1837)
peppered jumper
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FAMILY: SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 Genus: Pelegrina Franganillo, 1930 Species: Pelegrina galathea (Walckenaer, 1837)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
jumping spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
peppered jumper
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: Canada to Costa Rica, Bermuda
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
AB CO CT NC OK PA WY
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
Specimen list |
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† stalkers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Badlands; Lake edge;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Male Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
Image of External Male Genitalia: Credit: Barnes, Jay |
Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Banks, N. 1909. Arachnida from Costa Rica. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 61: 194-234.
Banks, N. 1901. Some Arachnida from New Mexico. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 53: 568-597.
Banks, N. 1898. Arachnida from Baja California and other parts of Mexico. Proc. Californ. Acad. Sci. (3) 1: 205-308.
Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1901. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 193-312.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Hentz, N. M. 1846. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 352-370.
Kaston, B. J. 1973. Four new species of Metaphidippus, with notes on related jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the eastern and central United States. Trans. Am. microsc. Soc. 92: 106-122. 
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1885. Neue Spinnen aus America. VI. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 34: 489-534.
Koch, C. L. 1850. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Nürnberg, Heft 5, pp. 1-77.
Koch, C. L. 1846. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. 1-234, Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88.
Maddison, W. P. 1996. Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 154: 215-368.
Oehler, C. M. 1980. Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Cincinnati region of Ohio, including Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren Counties. Ohio biol. Surv. biol. Notes 13: 1-36.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1909. Revision of the Attidae of North America. Trans. Wiscons. Ac. Sci. Arts Let. 16(1): 355-655.
Prószynski, J. 1976. Studium systematyczno-zoogeograflczne nad rodzina Salticidae (Aranei) Regionów Palearktycznego i Nearktycznego. Wyzsza Szkola Pedagogiczna Siedlcach 6: 1-260.
Prószynski, J. 1971. Catalogue of Salticidae (Aranei) specimens kept in major collections of the world. Annls zool. Warsz. 28: 367-519.
Richman, D. B. & B. Cutler. 1988. A list of the jumping spiders of Mexico. Peckhamia 2: 63-88.
Simon, E. 1903. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 669-1080.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris, 1: 1-682.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1826. Aranéides. In Faune française ou histoire naturelle générale et particulière des animaux qui se trouvent en France, constamment ou passagèrement, à la surface du sol, dans les eaux qui le baignent et dans le littoral des mers qui le bornent par Viellot, Desmarrey, Ducrotoy, Audinet, Lepelletier et Walckenaer. Paris, livr. 11-12: 1-96.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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