Acragas (spider)

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

see text

Diversity
20 species

Acragas is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It is found in Central and South America.[1]

Name

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

Species

References

  1. Platnick, Norman I. (2014). "The World Spider Catalog, Version 15". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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