Nearctic States & Provinces: QC CO CT OK VA WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/35240
Pelegrina proterva (Walckenaer, 1837)
FAMILY: SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841
Genus: Pelegrina Franganillo, 1930
Species: Pelegrina proterva (Walckenaer, 1837)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
jumping spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
QC CO CT OK VA WI
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: Murray, Tom
Credit: Murray, Tom
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
Credit: Barnes, Jay
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Attus felis Walckenaer 1837 |
| Pelegrina proterva Walckenaer 1837 |
| Attus capitatus Hentz 1845 |
| Attus hebes Hentz 1846 |
| Attus octavus Hentz 1846 |
| Salticus borealis Blackwall 1846 |
| Attus aestivalis Peckham & Peckham 1883 |
| Attus pinus Peckham & Peckham 1883 |
| Ergane taeniata Keyserling 1885 |
| Dendryphantes capitatus Peckham & Peckham 1888 |
| Eris octavus Peckham & Peckham 1888 |
| Dendryphantes aestivalis Emerton 1891 |
| Habrocestum latens Banks 1892 |
| Dendryphantes octavus Banks 1901 |
| Metaphidippus capitatus F. O. P.-Cambridge 1901 |
| Dendryphantes aestivalis Emerton 1902 |
| Dendryphantes atopodon Chamberlin 1925 |
| Metaphidippus capitatus Muma 1943 |
| Metaphidippus capitatus Chickering 1944 |
| Metaphidippus protervus Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 |
| Metaphidippus octavus Kaston 1945 |
| Metaphidippus protervus Kaston 1948 |
| Metaphidippus capitatus Prószynski 1971 |
| Metaphidippus protervus Kaston 1973 |
| Dendryphantes capitatus Prószynski 1976 |
| Metaphidippus capitatus Prószynski 1976 |
| Metaphidippus protervus Prószynski 1976 |
| Metaphidippus protervus Edwards 1980 |
| Metaphidippus protervus Oehler 1980 |
| Pelegrina proterva Maddison 1996 |
| Pelegrina proterva Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1901. Some Arachnida from New Mexico. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 53: 568-597.
Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.
Blackwall, J. 1846. Notice of spiders captured by Professor Potter in Canada, with descriptions of such species as appear to be new to science. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 17: 30-44, 76-82.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1901. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 193-312.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1925. Diagnoses of new American Arachnida. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 67: 209-248.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Chickering, A. M. 1944. The Salticidae of Michigan. Pap. Michig. Acad. Sci. 29: 139-222.
Edwards, G. B. 1980. Jumping spiders of the United States and Canada: changes in the key and list (4). Peckhamia 2: 11-14.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1891. New England spiders of the family Attidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 220-252.
Hentz, N. M. 1846. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 352-370.
Hentz, N. M. 1845. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 189-202.
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.
Kaston, B. J. 1945. New spiders in the group Dionycha with notes on other species. Am. Mus. Novit. 1290: 1-25.
Keyserling, E. 1885. Neue Spinnen aus America. VI. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 34: 489-534.
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.
Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.
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.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1909. Revision of the Attidae of North America. Trans. Wiscons. Ac. Sci. Arts Let. 16(1): 355-655.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1888. Attidae of North America. Trans. Wiscons. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 7: 1-104.
Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1883. Descriptions of new or little known spiders of the family Attidae from various parts of the United States of North America. Milwaukee, pp. 1-35.
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.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris, 1: 1-682.
†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. galathea (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............Canada to Costa Rica, Bermuda
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. 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