Acragas (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Acragas"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Amycinae
tribus = Amycini
genus = "Acragas"
genus_authority = Simon, 1900
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Acragas
diversity = 20 species
type_species = "Acragas longimanus"
type_species_authority = Simon, 1900
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Acragas" is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It occurs in Central and South America.

Name

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

pecies

* "Acragas carinatus" Crane, 1943 (Venezuela)
* "Acragas castaneiceps" Simon, 1900 (Brazil)
* "Acragas erythraeus" Simon, 1900 (Brazil)
* "Acragas fallax" (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Panama)
* "Acragas hieroglyphicus" (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Mexico to Panama)
* "Acragas humaitae" Bauab & Soares, 1978 (Brazil)
* "Acragas humilis" Simon, 1900 (Brazil)
* "Acragas leucaspis" Simon, 1900 (Venezuela)
* "Acragas longimanus" Simon, 1900 (Brazil)
* "Acragas longipalpus" (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) (Guatemala)
* "Acragas mendax" Bauab & Soares, 1978 (Brazil)
* "Acragas miniaceus" Simon, 1900 (Peru, Brazil)
* "Acragas nigromaculatus" (Mello-Leitão, 1922) (Brazil)
* "Acragas pacatus" (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Central America)
* "Acragas peckhami" (Chickering, 1946) (Panama)
* "Acragas procalvus" Simon, 1900 (Peru)
* "Acragas quadriguttatus" (F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico to Panama)
* "Acragas rosenbergi" Simon, 1901 (Ecuador)
* "Acragas trimaculatus" Mello-Leitão, 1917 (Brazil)
* "Acragas zeteki" (Chickering, 1946) (Panama)

External links

* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/acragas/minia-ph.htm Photographs of "A. miniaceus"]
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/acragas/min-soli.htm Photographs of "A. cf. peckhami"]
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/acragas/quadr-ph.htm Photographs of "A. quadriguttatus"]