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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaChelicerataArachnidaAraneaeSalticidaePelegrina

Common White-Cheeked Jumping Spider
Pelegrina proterva (Walckenaer, 1837)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Salticidae
Genus Pelegrina
Species Pelegrina proterva (Walckenaer, 1837)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Illinois.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Illinois

Counties

Illinois
Pope

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
NNR
Canada
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Montana
SNR Unranked
Minnesota
SNR Unranked
West Virginia
SNR Unranked
Indiana
SNR Unranked
Wyoming
SNR Unranked
Manitoba
SU Unrankable
Ontario
S5 Secure
Prince Edward Island
S4 Apparently Secure
Alberta
SU Unrankable
Nova Scotia
SU Unrankable
British Columbia
S4 Apparently Secure
Quebec
SNR Unranked
Saskatchewan
S4 Apparently Secure
New Brunswick
SU Unrankable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.

How to cite this account

Pelegrina proterva (Walckenaer, 1837). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2786. https://cavebiology.org/species/pelegrina-proterva/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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