Nagaina
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Automatic taxobox Nagaina is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896.[1] The name is derived from Nagaina, a character from Rudyard Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters include Bagheera, Messua, and Akela.
Species
Template:As of it contains five species, found in Panama, Mexico, Brazil, and on the Greater Antilles:[2]
- Nagaina berlandi Soares & Camargo, 1948 – Brazil
- Nagaina diademata Simon, 1902 – Brazil
- Nagaina incunda Peckham & Peckham, 1896 (type) – Mexico to Panama
- Nagaina olivacea Franganillo, 1930 – Cuba
- Nagaina tricincta Simon, 1902 – Brazil