Pellenattus

Pellenattus
Male Pellenattus peninsularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pellenattus
Maddison, 2017[1]
Type species
P. peninsularis
(Emerton, 1925)

Pellenattus is a genus of North American jumping spiders that was first described by Wayne Maddison in 2017. It was originally described as a subgenus of Pellenes, but was elevated to its own genus in 2024.[1] It is closely related to Hivanua and Habronattus.[2]

As of December 2025, this genus includes 12 species:[1][3]

  • Pellenattus apacheus (Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955)United States
  • Pellenattus cinctipes (Banks, 1898)Mexico
  • Pellenattus corticolens (Chamberlin, 1924) – Mexico
  • Pellenattus crandalli (Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955) – United States
  • Pellenattus grammaticus (Chamberlin, 1925) – United States
  • Pellenattus levii (Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955) – United States
  • Pellenattus limatus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – United States
  • Pellenattus longimanus (Emerton, 1913) – United States
  • Pellenattus peninsularis (Emerton, 1925)Canada, United States
  • Pellenattus shoshonensis (Gertsch, 1934) – United States
  • Pellenattus washonus (Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955) – United States
  • Pellenattus canadensis (Maddison, 2017) – Canada, United States[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Pellenattus Maddison, 2017". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  2. ^ Azevedo, Guilherme; Hedin, Marshal; Maddison, Wayne P. (August 2024). "Phylogeny and biogeography of harmochirine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 197. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108109.
  3. ^ "Pellenes Simon, 1876". GBIF. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  4. ^ "Pellenes canadensis Maddison, 2017". GBIF. Retrieved 2025-12-21.