Nagaina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
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Species | |
5, see text |
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.
As of July 2019[update] it contains five species, found in Panama, Mexico, Brazil, and on the Greater Antilles:[1]