# Pellenes

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***Pellenes*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) that was first [circumscribed](/source/Circumscription_(taxonomy)) by [Eugène Louis Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon) in 1876.[3] It is considered a senior synonym of *Hyllothyene*.[2] In 2000, Dmitri Logunov, Yuri Marusik and Sergei Rakov divided the genus *Pellenes* into four subgenera, based on the shape of the male [palpal bulb](/source/Palpal_bulb).[4] The subgenera are *Pelmirus*, *Pelmultus*, and *Pelpaucus*.[5][6] [Wayne Maddison](/source/Wayne_Maddison) placed the genus in the [subtribe](/source/Subtribe) Harmochirina in the [tribe](/source/Tribe_(biology)) [Plexippini](/source/Plexippini) in 2015.[7] This had previously been known as Harmochireae, as circumscribed by Simon in 1903.[8] It is allocated to the subclade Saltafresia in the [clade](/source/Clade_(biology)) [Salticoida](/source/Salticoida).[9] The spiders are a member of Plexippoida.[10] [Phylogenetic](/source/Phylogenetics) analysis of molecular data demonstrates that the genus is most closely related to *[Habronattus](/source/Habronattus)* and *[Havaika](/source/Havaika)*.[11] In 2016, [Jerzy Prószyński](/source/Jerzy_Pr%C3%B3szy%C5%84ski) grouped the genus with *[Dexippus](/source/Dexippus_(spider))* under the name Pelenines, named after the genus.[12] It is allocated to the supergroup Hylloida.[13]

They are dark to black with white stripes on the back, and often have bright red markings. Most species have a special propensity for snail shells. *Pellenes seriatus* and *P. lapponicus* males look very similar to *[Hasarius adansoni](/source/Hasarius_adansoni)* when viewed from the front.

## Distribution

*Pellenes* are found in North America, Africa, Europe, Asia, [Australia](/source/Australia), and [Saint Helena](/source/Saint_Helena):[1]

## Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes 66 species and one subspecies:[1]

- *[Pellenes albopilosus](/source/Pellenes_albopilosus)* (Tystshenko, 1965) – [Russia](/source/Russia) (Europe, West Siberia), [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan)
- *[Pellenes allegrii](/source/Pellenes_allegrii)* [Caporiacco](/source/Ludovico_di_Caporiacco), 1935 – [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria), [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine), Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, [India](/source/India)
- *[Pellenes amazonka](/source/Pellenes_amazonka)* [Logunov](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_V._Logunov), [Marusik](/source/Yuri_M._Marusik) & Rakov, 1999 – Kazakhstan, Central Asia
- *[Pellenes arciger](/source/Pellenes_arciger)* ([Walckenaer](/source/Charles_Walckenaer), 1837) – [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands), Southern Europe, [Algeria](/source/Algeria), [Armenia](/source/Armenia)
- *[Pellenes badkhyzicus](/source/Pellenes_badkhyzicus)* Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – [Turkmenistan](/source/Turkmenistan)
- *[Pellenes beani](/source/Pellenes_beani)* [G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham](/source/George_and_Elizabeth_Peckham), 1903 – [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
- *[Pellenes bitaeniata](/source/Pellenes_bitaeniata)* ([Keyserling](/source/Eugen_von_Keyserling), 1882) – [Australia](/source/Australia) (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
- *[Pellenes bonus](/source/Pellenes_bonus)* Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Ukraine (Crimea), [Turkey](/source/Turkey), [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan), [Iran](/source/Iran), Turkmenistan
- *[Pellenes borisi](/source/Pellenes_borisi)* Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Kazakhstan
- *[Pellenes brevis](/source/Pellenes_brevis)* ([Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1868) – [Portugal](/source/Portugal), [Spain](/source/Spain), [France](/source/France), [Italy](/source/Italy), [Germany](/source/Germany), Bulgaria, [North Macedonia](/source/North_Macedonia), [Greece](/source/Greece), Turkey, [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus), Ukraine, Armenia, Iran
- *[Pellenes canosus](/source/Pellenes_canosus)* Simon, 1937 – France
- *[Pellenes cingulatus](/source/Pellenes_cingulatus)* [Wesołowska](/source/Wanda_Weso%C5%82owska) & [Russell-Smith](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Russell-Smith), 2000 – [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania)
- *[Pellenes dahli](/source/Pellenes_dahli)* [Lessert](/source/Roger_de_Lessert), 1915 – [Uganda](/source/Uganda), [Kenya](/source/Kenya)
- *[Pellenes denisi](/source/Pellenes_denisi)* [Schenkel](/source/Ehrenfried_Schenkel-Haas), 1963 – [Tajikistan](/source/Tajikistan), [China](/source/China)
- *[Pellenes diagonalis](/source/Pellenes_diagonalis)* (Simon, 1868) – North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus), [Israel](/source/Israel), Iran
- *[Pellenes dilutus](/source/Pellenes_dilutus)* Logunov, 1995 – Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
- *[Pellenes durioei](/source/Pellenes_durioei)* ([Lucas](/source/Hippolyte_Lucas), 1846) – Algeria
- *[Pellenes epularis](/source/Pellenes_epularis)* ([O. Pickard-Cambridge](/source/Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge), 1872) – Greece to China, [Namibia](/source/Namibia), South Africa
- *[Pellenes flavipalpis](/source/Pellenes_flavipalpis)* (Lucas, 1853) – Greece (incl. Crete), Turkey, Cyprus, [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon), Israel
- *[Pellenes florii](/source/Pellenes_florii)* Schäfer, 2020 – Greece (Crete)
- *[Pellenes geniculatus](/source/Pellenes_geniculatus)* (Simon, 1868) – Southern Europe, [Morocco](/source/Morocco), Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, [Lesotho](/source/Lesotho), Turkey, Ukraine, Caucasus, Middle East, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia - *[P. g. subsultans](/source/Pellenes_geniculatus_subsultans)* (Simon, 1868) – France
- *[Pellenes gobiensis](/source/Pellenes_gobiensis)* Schenkel, 1936 – Russia (South Siberia to Far North-East), [Mongolia](/source/Mongolia), China
- *[Pellenes hadaensis](/source/Pellenes_hadaensis)* Prószyński, 1993 – [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia)
- *[Pellenes hedjazensis](/source/Pellenes_hedjazensis)* Prószyński, 1993 – Saudi Arabia, [United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates)
- *[Pellenes himalaya](/source/Pellenes_himalaya)* Caleb, Sajan & Kumar, 2018 – India
- *[Pellenes iforhasorum](/source/Pellenes_iforhasorum)* [Berland](/source/Lucien_Berland) & [Millot](/source/Jacques_Millot), 1941 – [Sudan](/source/Sudan), [Mali](/source/Mali)
- *[Pellenes ignifrons](/source/Pellenes_ignifrons)* (Grube, 1861) – [United States](/source/United_States), [Canada](/source/Canada), Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
- *[Pellenes ignotus](/source/Pellenes_ignotus)* Logunov, 2023 – Iran
- *[Pellenes inexcultus](/source/Pellenes_inexcultus)* (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – [St. Helena](/source/St._Helena)
- *[Pellenes iva](/source/Pellenes_iva)* Caleb, 2018 – India
- *[Pellenes karakumensis](/source/Pellenes_karakumensis)* Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Turkmenistan
- *[Pellenes laevigatus](/source/Pellenes_laevigatus)* (Simon, 1868) – Greece (Corfu), Lebanon
- *[Pellenes lagrecai](/source/Pellenes_lagrecai)* Cantarella & Alicata, 2002 – Italy
- *[Pellenes lapponicus](/source/Pellenes_lapponicus)* ([Sundevall](/source/Carl_Jakob_Sundevall), 1833) – North America, [Alps](/source/Alps) (France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy), Northern Europe, Russia (Europe, South Siberia)
- *[Pellenes levaillanti](/source/Pellenes_levaillanti)* (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria
- *[Pellenes limbatus](/source/Pellenes_limbatus)* [Kulczyński](/source/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kulczy%C5%84ski), 1895 – Russia (Middle to north-eastern Siberia), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China
- *[Pellenes logunovi](/source/Pellenes_logunovi)* Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996 – Russia (South Siberia)
- *[Pellenes lucidus](/source/Pellenes_lucidus)* Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005 – [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan)
- *[Pellenes luculentus](/source/Pellenes_luculentus)* Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – [Yemen](/source/Yemen)
- *[Pellenes maderianus](/source/Pellenes_maderianus)* Kulczyński, 1905 – [Madeira](/source/Madeira), Morocco
- *[Pellenes marionis](/source/Pellenes_marionis)* (Schmidt & Krause, 1994) – [Cape Verde](/source/Cape_Verde)
- *[Pellenes minimus](/source/Pellenes_minimus)* (Caporiacco, 1933) – [Libya](/source/Libya)
- *[Pellenes modicus](/source/Pellenes_modicus)* Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa
- *[Pellenes moreanus](/source/Pellenes_moreanus)* Metzner, 1999 – North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey
- *[Pellenes negevensis](/source/Pellenes_negevensis)* Prószyński, 2000 – Israel
- *[Pellenes nigrociliatus](/source/Pellenes_nigrociliatus)* (Simon, 1875) – Canary Islands, Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Central Asia, China
- *[Pellenes obliquostriatus](/source/Pellenes_obliquostriatus)* Caporiacco, 1940 – [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia)
- *[Pellenes obvolutus](/source/Pellenes_obvolutus)* Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 – Kenya
- *[Pellenes pamiricus](/source/Pellenes_pamiricus)* Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Tajikistan
- *[Pellenes perexcultus](/source/Pellenes_perexcultus)* Clark & [Benoit](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pierre_L._G._Benoit), 1977 – St. Helena
- *[Pellenes pseudobrevis](/source/Pellenes_pseudobrevis)* Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Russia (Europe, West Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia
- *[Pellenes pulcher](/source/Pellenes_pulcher)* Logunov, 1995 – Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Mongolia
- *[Pellenes purcelli](/source/Pellenes_purcelli)* Lessert, 1915 – Uganda
- *[Pellenes rufoclypeatus](/source/Pellenes_rufoclypeatus)* G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
- *[Pellenes seriatus](/source/Pellenes_seriatus)* ([Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell), 1875) – France, [Kosovo](/source/Kosovo), North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, [Romania](/source/Romania), Ukraine, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia
- *[Pellenes sibiricus](/source/Pellenes_sibiricus)* Logunov & Marusik, 1994 – Russia (Europe, Caucasus to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
- *[Pellenes siculus](/source/Pellenes_siculus)* Alicata & Cantarella, 2000 – Italy (Sicily)
- *[Pellenes striolatus](/source/Pellenes_striolatus)* Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 – Yemen (Socotra)
- *[Pellenes sytchevskayae](/source/Pellenes_sytchevskayae)* Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Turkmenistan, [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan)
- *[Pellenes tharinae](/source/Pellenes_tharinae)* Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia, [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe), South Africa
- *[Pellenes tocharistanus](/source/Pellenes_tocharistanus)* Andreeva, 1976 – Central Asia
- *[Pellenes tripunctatus](/source/Pellenes_tripunctatus)* (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia, China (type species)
- *[Pellenes turkmenicus](/source/Pellenes_turkmenicus)* Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Central Asia
- *[Pellenes unipunctus](/source/Pellenes_unipunctus)* Saito, 1937 – China
- *[Pellenes univittatus](/source/Pellenes_univittatus)* (Caporiacco, 1939) – Ethiopia
- *[Pellenes vanharteni](/source/Pellenes_vanharteni)* Wesołowska, 1998 – Cape Verde

## References

### Citations

1. ["Gen. *Pellenes* Simon, 1876"](https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2868). World Spider Catalog. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2025-10-17.

1. Prószyński 1984, p. 44.

1. Simon 1876, p. 364.

1. Prószyński 2016, p. 17.

1. Logunov, Marusik & Rakov 1999, p. 96.

1. Haddad & Wesołowska 2011, p. 97.

1. Maddison 2015, p. 280.

1. Maddison 2015, p. 251.

1. Maddison 2015, p. 278.

1. Maddison, Bodner & Needham 2008, p. 58.

1. Maddison & Hedin 2003, pp. 538, 540.

1. Prószyński 2017, p. 44.

1. Prószyński 2017, p. 31.

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## External links

- [Photograph of *P. brevis*](http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/pellenes/brev-hol-ph.htm)
- [Photograph of *P. tripunctatus*](http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/pellenes/trip-hol-ph.htm)
- [Photographs of *P. seriatus*, *P. arciger*, *P. nigrociliatus* and *P. tripunctatus*](http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Salticidae/Salticidae.htm)

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