Pellenes tripunctatus

Pellenes tripunctatus
female from Austria
male from Belgium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Pellenes
Species:
P. tripunctatus
Binomial name
Pellenes tripunctatus
(Walckenaer, 1802)
Synonyms
  • Aranea tripunctata Walckenaer, 1802
  • Aranea psylla Walckenaer, 1802
  • Attus tripunctatus Walckenaer, 1805
  • Attus crucigerus Walckenaer, 1805
  • Salticus ater Risso, 1826
  • Salticus crux Hahn, 1832
  • Attus crucifer Sundevall, 1833
  • Attus rufifrons Sundevall, 1833
  • Euophrys crucifera C. L. Koch, 1837
  • Pales crucigera C. L. Koch, 1850
  • Hasarius cruciger Sørensen, 1904

Pellenes tripunctatus is a species of jumping spider from the Palearctic region. It is the type species of the genus Pellenes.

The specific name tripunctatus is derived from Latin, meaning "three-spotted," referring to the distinctive markings on the spider's opisthosoma.

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