Akela (genus)
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Akela charlottae |
Akela is a genus of the spiderfamily Salticidae (jumping spiders), with three described species. While two species occur in Central to South America, the third species is found in Pakistan.
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[edit] Name
The genus name is derived from Akela, "The Lone Wolf" from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters are Bagheera, Messua and Nagaina.
[edit] Species
- Akela charlottae Peckham & Peckham, 1896 (Guatemala, Panama)
- Akela fulva Dyal, 1935 (Pakistan)
- Akela ruricola Galiano, 1999 (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina)
[edit] Further reading
- Galiano, M.E. (1989). Note on the genera Admestina and Akela (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. British Arachnol. Soc. 8(2): 49-50.
