Nagaina

Genus of spiders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nagaina is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896.[2] The name is derived from Nagaina, a character from Rudyard Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters include Bagheera, Messua, and Akela.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
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Nagaina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Nagaina
Peckham & Peckham, 1896[1]
Type species
N. incunda
Peckham & Peckham, 1896
Species

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Species

As of July 2019 it contains five species, found in Panama, Mexico, Brazil, and on the Greater Antilles:[1]

  • Nagaina berlandi Soares & Camargo, 1948Brazil
  • Nagaina diademata Simon, 1902 – Brazil
  • Nagaina incunda Peckham & Peckham, 1896 (type) – Mexico to Panama
  • Nagaina olivacea Franganillo, 1930Cuba
  • Nagaina tricincta Simon, 1902 – Brazil

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