Monaga

Monaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Amycinae
Genus: Monaga
Chickering, 1946
Species: M. benigna
Binomial name
Monaga benigna
Chickering, 1946
Diversity
1 species

Monaga is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only species M. benigna occurs only in Panama.

Name

The species name is Latin for "benign".

References

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