Pellenes

Genus of spiders
Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Pellenes
| image = Edwards Pellenes wrighti 01. jpg
| image caption = Male Pellenes peninsularis
| authority = Simon, 1876 It is considered a senior synonym of Hyllothyene. 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 when viewed from the front.

as of 2019 it contains eighty three species and one subspecies, found in North America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and on Saint Helena:
P. aethiopicus Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
P. albopilosus (Tyschchenko, 1965) – Russia, Kazakhstan
P. allegrii Caporiacco, 1935 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia
P. amazonka Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Central Asia
P. apacheus Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 – USA
P. arciger (Walckenaer, 1837) – Southern Europe, Armenia
P. badkhyzicus Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Turkmenistan
P. beani Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
P. bitaeniata (Keyserling, 1882) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
P. bonus Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Ukraine (Crimea), Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan
P. borisi Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Kazakhstan
P. brevis (Simon, 1868) – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Ukraine, Turkey, Cyprus, Iran
P. bulawayoensis Wesolowska, 2000 – Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho
P. canadensis Maddison, 2017 – Canada, USA
P. canosus Simon, 1937 – France
P. cinctipes (Banks, 1898) – Mexico
P. cingulatus Wesolowska & Russell Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
P. corticolens Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico
P. crandalli Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 – USA
P. dahli Lessert, 1915 – Uganda, Kenya
P. denisi Schenkel, 1963 – Tajikistan, China
P. diagonalis (Simon, 1868) – Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Iran
P. dilutus Logunov, 1995 – Central Asia
P. durioei (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria
P. dyali Roewer, 1951 – Pakistan
P. epularis (O. Pickard Cambridge, 1872) – Greece to China, Namibia, South Africa
P. flavipalpis (Lucas, 1853) – Greece (incl. Crete), Turkey, Cyprus
P. frischi (Audouin, 1826) – Egypt
P. geniculatus (Simon, 1868) – Southern Europe, Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, Caucasus, Middle East, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
Pellenes g. subsultans (Simon, 1868) – France
P. gerensis Hu, 2001 – China
P. gobiensis Schenkel, 1936 – Russia, Mongolia, China
P. grammaticus Chamberlin, 1925 – USA
P. hadaensis Prószyński, 1993 – Saudi Arabia
P. hedjazensis Prószyński, 1993 – Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
P. himalaya Caleb, Sajan & Kumar, 2018 – India
P. iforhasorum Berland & Millot, 1941 – Sudan, Mali
P. ignifrons (Grube, 1861) – USA, Canada, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
P. inexcultus (O. Pickard Cambridge, 1873) – St. Helena
P. iva Caleb, 2018 – India
P. karakumensis Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Turkmenistan
P. laevigatus (Simon, 1868) – Greece (Corfu), Lebanon
P. lagrecai Cantarella & Alicata, 2002 – Italy
P. lapponicus (Sundevall, 1833) – North America, Alpine and Northern Europe, Russia (European to Far East)
P. levaillanti (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria
P. levii Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 – USA
P. limatus Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – USA
P. limbatus Kulczyński, 1895 – Russia, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
P. logunovi Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996 – Russia
P. longimanus Emerton, 1913 – USA
P. lucidus Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005 – Afghanistan
P. luculentus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
P. maderianus Kulczyński, 1905 – Madeira, Israel
P. marionis (Schmidt & Krause, 1994) – Cape Verde Is. P. mimicus Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
P. minimus (Caporiacco, 1933) – Libya
P. modicus Wesolowska & Russell Smith, 2000 – Tanzania, South Africa
P. moreanus Metzner, 1999 – Macedonia, Greece, Turkey
P. negevensis Prószyński, 2000 – Israel
P. nigrociliatus (Simon, 1875) – Canary Is., Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia, China
P. obliquostriatus Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
P. obvolutus Dawidowicz & Wesolowska, 2016 – Kenya
P. pamiricus Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Tajikistan
P. peninsularis Emerton, 1925 – Canada, USA
P. perexcultus Clark & Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
P. pseudobrevis Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Central Asia
P. pulcher Logunov, 1995 – Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia
P. purcelli Lessert, 1915 – Uganda
P. rufoclypeatus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
P. seriatus (Thorell, 1875) – France, Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia
P. shoshonensis Gertsch, 1934 – USA
P. sibiricus Logunov & Marusik, 1994 – Russia, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
P. siculus Alicata & Cantarella, 2000 – Italy (Sicily)
P. stepposus (Logunov, 1991) – Russia, Kazakhstan
P. striolatus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002 – Yemen (Socotra)
P. sytchevskayae Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
P. tharinae Wesolowska, 2006 – Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
P. tocharistanus Andreeva, 1976 – Central Asia
P. tripunctatus (Walckenaer, 1802) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia, China
P. turkmenicus Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999 – Russia, Central Asia
P. unipunctus Saito, 1937 – China
P. univittatus (Caporiacco, 1939) – Ethiopia
P. vanharteni Wesolowska, 1998 – Cape Verde Is. P. washonus Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 – USA