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Pelegrina pallidata (F. P. Cambridge 1901)

Containing group: Pelegrina

Introduction

Compared to the other Mexican and Central American species with small, convergent flaps and a fairly flat epigynal surface (variegata, sandaracina, yucatecana, verecunda) pallidata is unique in having (1) an unusually broad dark band along the margin of the opening (Figure 445), (2) first curve of duct wide and long, (3) the flowerlike gland openings placed on the anterior surface of the second curve and more medially (closer to junction with third curve than first curve), and (4) fertilization ducts arising anterior to the center of the lumen of the spermatheca.

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  1. Male face
  2. Palpus
  3. Female abdomen
  4. Epigynum

Natural History

The female from near San Cristóbal was collected beating oak, madroño and pine in oak-pine woodland at 2100 m elevation.

Distribution

Southern México to Nicaragua.
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Included on this page are images and text from Maddison, W.P. 1996. Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. l54(4): 215-368. These images and text are copyright © 1996 The President and Fellows of Harvard College

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Tree of Life Web Project. 1995. Pelegrina pallidata (F. P. Cambridge 1901). Version 01 January 1995 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Pelegrina_pallidata/5015/1995.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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