Bagheera (spider)
| Bagheera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendryphantinae |
| Genus: | Bagheera Peckham & Peckham, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Bagheera kiplingi Peckham & Peckham, 1896 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 4 species | |
Bagheera is a genus of jumping spiders. There are four species.
Name
The genus name is derived from Bagheera, the black-toned Leopard from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters are Akela, Messua and Nagaina.
Species
- Bagheera kiplingi Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico
- Bagheera laselva Ruiz & Edwards, 2013 - Costa Rica
- Bagheera motagua Ruiz & Edwards, 2013 - Guatemala
- Bagheera prosper (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — USA, Mexico
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 10.0. American Museum of Natural History.
- Ruiz, Gustavo R. S.; G. B. Edwards (2013). "Revision of Bagheera (Araneae: Salticidae: Dendryphantinae)". The Journal of Arachnology 41: 18–24. doi:10.1636/k12-67.1.
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