Acragas (genus)

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Acragas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Amycinae
Tribe: Amycini
Genus: Acragas
Simon, 1900
Diversity
20 species
Type species
Acragas longimanus
Simon, 1900
Species

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Acragas is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It occurs in Central and South America.

[edit] Name

The genus name is derived from the Greek name of Agrigentum, an ancient city on Sicily.

[edit] Species

  • Acragas carinatus Crane, 1943 (Venezuela)
  • Acragas castaneiceps Simon, 1900 (Brazil)
  • Acragas erythraeus Simon, 1900 (Brazil)
  • Acragas fallax (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Panama)
  • Acragas hieroglyphicus (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Mexico to Panama)
  • Acragas humaitae Bauab & Soares, 1978 (Brazil)
  • Acragas humilis Simon, 1900 (Brazil)
  • Acragas leucaspis Simon, 1900 (Venezuela)
  • Acragas longimanus Simon, 1900 (Brazil)
  • Acragas longipalpus (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) (Guatemala)
  • Acragas mendax Bauab & Soares, 1978 (Brazil)
  • Acragas miniaceus Simon, 1900 (Peru, Brazil)
  • Acragas nigromaculatus (Mello-Leitão, 1922) (Brazil)
  • Acragas pacatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Central America)
  • Acragas peckhami (Chickering, 1946) (Panama)
  • Acragas procalvus Simon, 1900 (Peru)
  • Acragas quadriguttatus (F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico to Panama)
  • Acragas rosenbergi Simon, 1901 (Ecuador)
  • Acragas trimaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1917 (Brazil)
  • Acragas zeteki (Chickering, 1946) (Panama)

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