- Nagaina
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For the fictional cobra, see Nagaina (Jungle Books).
Nagaina Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Subfamily: Dendryphantinae Genus: Nagaina
Peckham & Peckham, 1896Type species Nagaina incunda
Peckham & Peckham, 1896Species see text
Diversity 6 species Nagaina is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Name
The genus name is derived from Nagaina, a character from Rudyard Kipling's story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters are Bagheera, Messua and Akela.
Species
- Nagaina berlandi Soares & Camargo, 1948 — Brazil
- Nagaina diademata Simon, 1902 — Brazil
- Nagaina incunda Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — Mexico to Panama
- Nagaina modesta Caporiacco, 1954 — French Guiana
- Nagaina tricincta Simon, 1902 — Brazil
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