Genus
Pelegrina (White-cheeked jumping spiders)
Pelegrina aeneola. Photo: Kaldari, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
Pelegrina is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). They are found throughout North America. Many of the species in Pelegrina were previously placed in the genera Metaphidippus, and before that, Dendryphantes. The genus was originally described in 1930 by the Spanish arachnologist PelegrÃn Franganillo Balboa, who named it after himself.
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