Akela (spider)
| Akela | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Euophryinae |
| Genus: | Akela Peckham & Peckham, 1896 |
| Species | |
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Akela charlottae | |
Akela is a genus of the jumping spider family Salticidae, consisting of three described species. Two of these occur in Central and South America and the third in Pakistan.
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.
Species
- Akela charlottae (Peckham & Peckham, 1896), found in Central America (Guatemala, Panama).
- Akela fulva (Dyal, 1935), found in Pakistan.
- Akela ruricola (Galiano, 1999), found in South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina).
Further reading
- Galiano, M. E. (1989), "Note on the genera Admestina and Akela (Araneae, Salticidae)", Bull. British Arachnol. Soc., 8(2): 49-50.
External links
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