Akela (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Akela"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
familia = Euophryinae
tribus = Euophryini
genus = "Akela"
genus_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1896
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Akela charlottae" "Akela fulva" "Akela ruricola"

"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.

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".

pecies

* "Akela charlottae" Peckham & Peckham, 1896 (Guatemala, Panama)
* "Akela fulva" Dyal, 1935 (Pakistan)
* "Akela ruricola" Galiano, 1999 (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

* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/akela/ruricola.htm Diagnostic drawings of "A. ruricola]