• Source: Nagaina
    • Nagaina is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. 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.


      Species


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

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


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