Akela (spider)
Akela is a genus of jumping spiders (family Salticidae), consisting of three described species. Two of these occur in Central and South America and the third in Pakistan.
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| Male Akela from Ecuador | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Akela Peckham & Peckham, 1896 |
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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.
Species
- Akela charlottae Peckham & Peckham, 1896, found in Central America (Guatemala, Panama).
- Akela fulva Dyal, 1935, found in Pakistan.
- Akela ruricola Galiano, 1999, found in South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina).
References
Further reading
- Galiano, M. E. (1989), "Note on the genera Admestina and Akela (Araneae, Salticidae)", Bull. British Arachnol. Soc., 8(2): 49-50.
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