Nagaina
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- For the fictional cobra, see Nagaina (Jungle Books).
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Nagaina is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
[edit] Etymology
From Nagaina, a character from Rudyard Kipling's story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters are Bagheera, Messua and Akela.
[edit] Species
- Nagaina berlandi Soares & Camargo, 1948 (Brazil)
- Nagaina diademata Simon, 1902 (Brazil)
- Nagaina incunda Peckham & Peckham, 1896 (Mexico to Panama)
- Nagaina modesta Caporiacco, 1954 (French Guiana)
- Nagaina tricincta Simon, 1902 (Brazil)
