Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Kaston notes that some consider
Habronattus to belong to the genus
Pellenes.
(1)Explanation of Names
From a Greek word for graceful/pretty plus an old genus name
Attus. "Pretty Salticid."
(2)Identification
Leg III longer than leg I. Males of this genus frequently have ornamental or color modifications of leg I and/or III. This is potentially used by the male during courtship.
(1)Print References
A Revision of the Jumping Spider Genus Habronattus F.O.P.-Cambridge (Araneae; Salticidae), with Phenetic and Cladistic Analyses
By Charles E. Griswold
University of California Publications, Entomology Volume 107
Ubick, et. al. (2005), p. 212, & p. 297
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