Alcmena (spider)

Alcmena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Dendryphantinae
Genus: Alcmena
C. L. Koch, 1846
Type species
Alcmena psittacina
C. L. Koch, 1846
Species

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Diversity
5 species

Alcmena is a genus of jumping spiders. The genus was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846 based on the species Alcmena psittacina and Alcmena amabilis. The genus consists of four species endemic to North and South America. A fifth species, Alcmena trifasciata, was described by Caporiacco in 1954, but declared a nomen dubium by Ruiz and Brescovit in 2008.

Name

The genus name is derived from Alcmene, the mother of Heracles in Greek mythology.

Species

References

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