Pisaurina
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Pisaurina | |
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Pisaurina mira from Mason Neck, Virginia | |
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Pisaurina dubia from Woodbridge, Virginia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Pisauridae |
Genus: | Pisaurina Simon, 1898[1] |
Type species | |
P. mira (Walckenaer, 1837)
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Species | |
4, see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pisaurina is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.[3] It likes to live within vegetated areas such as meadows, bushes or tall grass, preferring warm or tropical areas to settle down and reproduce.[4]
Species
[edit]As of June 2019[update] it contains four species, found only in Canada, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles:[1]
- Pisaurina brevipes (Emerton, 1911) – USA, Canada
- Pisaurina dubia (Hentz, 1847) – USA
- Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837) (type) – USA, Canada
- Pisaurina undulata (Keyserling, 1887) – USA, Cuba
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Pisaurina Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ a b Carico, J. E. (1972). "The Nearctic spider genus Pisaurina (Pisauridae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 79 (4): 297. doi:10.1155/1972/59858.
- ^ Simon, E (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ "Pisaurina mira". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2018-12-03.