Pisaurina Explained

Pisaurina is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.^[1] It likes to live within vegetated areas such as meadows, bushes or tall grass, preferring warm or tropical areas to settle down and reproduce.^[2]

Species

it contains four species, found only in Canada, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles:^[3]

• 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

• List of Pisauridae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E. 1898. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Roret . Paris. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène Simon.
2. Web site: Pisaurina mira. Animal Diversity Web. en. 2018-12-03.
3. Gen. Pisaurina Simon, 1898. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.