Bagheera | |
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Bagheera kiplingi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Bagheera Peckham & Peckham, 1896 [1] |
Type species | |
B. kiplingi Peckham & Peckham, 1896
| |
Species | |
4, see text |
Bagheera is a genus of jumping spiders within the family Salticidae, subfamily Salticinae and subtribe Dendryphantina. [2] The genus was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. [3] The name is derived from Bagheera, a character from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. [4]
The type species Bagheera kiplingi is noted for its unique, primarily herbivorous diet of Beltian bodies. Male individuals within the genus may be identified by their elongate, horizontal, parallel chelicerae. [4]
As of June 2019 [update] it contains four species, found in Guatemala, Costa Rica, the United States, and Mexico: [5]
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Bagheera | |
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Bagheera kiplingi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Bagheera Peckham & Peckham, 1896 [1] |
Type species | |
B. kiplingi Peckham & Peckham, 1896
| |
Species | |
4, see text |
Bagheera is a genus of jumping spiders within the family Salticidae, subfamily Salticinae and subtribe Dendryphantina. [2] The genus was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. [3] The name is derived from Bagheera, a character from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. [4]
The type species Bagheera kiplingi is noted for its unique, primarily herbivorous diet of Beltian bodies. Male individuals within the genus may be identified by their elongate, horizontal, parallel chelicerae. [4]
As of June 2019 [update] it contains four species, found in Guatemala, Costa Rica, the United States, and Mexico: [5]
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cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)