Messua (spider)
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Messua is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
[edit] Etymology
From Messua, a female character from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters are Akela, Bagheera and Nagaina.
[edit] Species
- Messua centralis (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Panama)
- Messua dentigera (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Guatemala to Panama)
- Messua desidiosa Peckham & Peckham, 1896 (Costa Rica, Panama)
- Messua donalda (Kraus, 1955) (El Salvador)
- Messua latior (Roewer, 1955) (Panama)
- Messua laxa (Chickering, 1946) (Panama)
- Messua limbata (Banks, 1898) (USA, Mexico)
- Messua moma (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Guatemala to Guyana)
- Messua octonotata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Central America)
- Messua pura (Bryant, 1948) (Mexico)
- Messua tridentata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico)
