Nilakantha (spider)

Updated on Sep 21, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Chelicerata Order Araneae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Class Arachnida Infraorder Araneomorphae

Nilakantha is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Species

As of November 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted 4 species of Nilakantha:

Nilakantha cockerelli Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – Hispaniola, Jamaica

Nilakantha crucifera (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama

Nilakantha inerma (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba

Nilakantha peckhami Bryant, 1940 – Cuba

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