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.

Akela
Male Akela from Ecuador
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Araneae
Family:
Salticidae
Subfamily:
Euophryinae
Tribe:
Aelurillini
Genus:
Akela

Peckham & Peckham, 1896
Species

Akela charlottae
Akela fulva
Akela ruricola

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).
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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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