Species Pelegrina galathea - Peppered Jumper

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Internet References

black and white Jumping Spider - Pelegrina galathea - female

Peppered jumper - Pelegrina galathea - male

Spider BG598 - Pelegrina galathea - male

Spider with prey - Pelegrina galathea - female

Courtship; crouch display - Pelegrina galathea - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)

Subfamily Dendryphantinae

Genus Pelegrina

Species galathea (Peppered Jumper)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See list at The Nearctic Spider Database: Pelegrina galathea.

Explanation of Names

Author of species is (Walckenaer, 1837).

Internet References

Common Names of Arachnids 2003 Fifth Edition - The American Arachnological Society; Committee on Common Names of Arachnids

The Nearctic Spider Database: Pelegrina galathea

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by Jay Barnes, Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 7 June, 2009 - 8:55pm

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