Girish Mahajan (Editor)

Bagheera (spider)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Dendryphantinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Salticidae

Scientific name
  
Bagheera

Higher classification
  
Jumping spider

Order
  
Spider

Bagheera (spider) iimgurcomIqruncCjpg

Similar
  
Bagheera kiplingi, Jumping spider, Arachnid, Arthropod, Messua

Bagheera is a genus of jumping spiders. There are four species.

Contents

Name

Bagheera (spider) Bagheera kiplingi spider Britannicacom

The genus name is derived from Bagheera, the black-toned Leopard from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters are Akela, Messua and Nagaina.

Species

Bagheera (spider) Bagheera kiplingi the mostly vegetarian spider Not Exactly

  • Bagheera kiplingi Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico
  • Bagheera laselva Ruiz & Edwards, 2013 - Costa Rica
  • Bagheera motagua Ruiz & Edwards, 2013 - Guatemala
  • Bagheera prosper (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — United States, Mexico

    • Bagheera (spider) Synapse Science Magazine Weird and Wonderful Bagheera kiplingi

    Bagheera (spider) Bagheera kiplingi at Arachnida Araneae Salticidae jumping spiders

    Bagheera (spider) Kepikiran Lagi Top 10 Bizarre Spiders

    Bagheera (spider) Bagheera kiplingi Wallpaper Animals Bagheera kiplingi spider macro

    References

    Bagheera (spider) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA