Nearctic States & Provinces: AB CO CT NC OK PA WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/35227
Pelegrina galathea (Walckenaer, 1837)
peppered jumper
FAMILY: SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841
Genus: Pelegrina Franganillo, 1930
Species: Pelegrina galathea (Walckenaer, 1837)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
jumping spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
peppered jumper
Distribution
Global Distribution: Canada to Costa Rica, Bermuda
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB CO CT NC OK PA WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & 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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Schimming, Lynette
Credit: Barnes, Jay
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
Credit: Barnes, Jay
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Attus galathea Walckenaer 1826 |
| Attus galathea Walckenaer 1837 |
| Pelegrina galathea Walckenaer 1837 |
| Attus nubilus Hentz 1846 |
| Attus parvus Hentz 1846 |
| Euophrys leucophaea C. L. Koch 1846 |
| Frigga leucophaea C. L. Koch 1850 |
| Icius crassiventer Keyserling 1885 |
| Dendryphantes ornatus Banks 1892 |
| Zygoballus parvus Banks 1898 |
| Dendryphantes nubilus Banks 1901 |
| Metaphidippus digitatus F. O. P.-Cambridge 1901 |
| Metaphidippus nubilus F. O. P.-Cambridge 1901 |
| Beata digitata Simon 1903 |
| Dendryphantes digitatus Banks 1909 |
| Metaphidippus galathea Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 |
| Metaphidippus galathea Kaston 1948 |
| Phidippus galathea Prószynski 1971 |
| Metaphidippus galathea Kaston 1973 |
| Metaphidippus galathea Prószynski 1976 |
| Metaphidippus galathea Oehler 1980 |
| Metaphidippus galathea Richman & Cutler 1988 |
| Metaphidippus galathea Breene et al. 1993 |
| Pelegrina galathea Maddison 1996 |
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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/SALTICIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Pelegrina Franganillo, 1930‡‡
P. aeneola (Curtis, 1892) ...............North America
P. arizonensis (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) ...............North America
P. balia Maddison, 1996 ...............USA
P. bunites Maddison, 1996 ...............USA, Mexico
P. chaimona Maddison, 1996 ...............USA, Mexico
P. chalceola Maddison, 1996 ...............USA
P. clemata (Levi, 1951) ...............USA, Canada
P. dithalea Maddison, 1996 ...............USA
P. exigua (Banks, 1892) ...............USA
P. flaviceps (Kaston, 1973) ...............USA, Canada
P. flavipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) ...............USA, Canada
P. furcata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) ...............USA, Mexico
P. helenae (Banks, 1921) ...............USA
P. huachuca Maddison, 1996 ...............USA
P. insignis (Banks, 1892) ...............USA, Canada
P. kastoni Maddison, 1996 ...............USA, Mexico
P. montana (Emerton, 1891) ...............USA, Canada
P. orestes Maddison, 1996 ...............USA, Mexico
P. peckhamorum (Kaston, 1973) ...............USA
P. pervaga (Peckham & Peckham, 1909) ...............USA
P. proterva (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............USA, Canada
P. sabinema Maddison, 1996 ...............USA
P. tillandsiae (Kaston, 1973) ...............USA
P. tristis Maddison, 1996 ...............USA
P. verecunda (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1930) ...............USA, Mexico
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution