Pisaurina

Pisaurina
Pisaurina mira from Mason Neck, Virginia
Pisaurina dubia from Woodbridge, Virginia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Pisaurina
Simon, 1898
Type species
P. mira
(Walckenaer, 1837)
Species

4, see text

Synonyms
  • Pelopatis Bishop, 1924
  • Thanatidius Simon, 1898

Pisaurina is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. It likes to live within vegetated areas such as meadows, bushes or tall grass, preferring warm or tropical areas to settle down and reproduce.

Species

As of June 2019 it contains four species, found only in Canada, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Pisaurina Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. 1 2 Carico, J. E. (1972). "The Nearctic spider genus Pisaurina (Pisauridae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 79 (4): 297. doi:10.1155/1972/59858.
  3. ↑ Simon, E (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  4. ↑ "Pisaurina mira". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2018-12-03.