Pisaurina | |
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Pisaurina mira from Mason Neck, Virginia | |
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Pisaurina dubia from Woodbridge, Virginia | |
Scientific classification
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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]
As of June 2019 [update] it contains four species, found only in Canada, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles: [1]
Pisaurina | |
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Pisaurina mira from Mason Neck, Virginia | |
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Pisaurina dubia from Woodbridge, Virginia | |
Scientific classification
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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)
| |
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]
As of June 2019 [update] it contains four species, found only in Canada, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles: [1]