Bagheera (spider)

Bagheera
Bagheera kiplingi
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Species

As of June 2019 it contains four species, found in Guatemala, Costa Rica, the United States, and Mexico:[5]


References

  1. ^ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Bagheera Peckham & Peckham, 1896". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Maddison, Wayne P. (2015). "A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 43 (3): 231–292. doi:10.1636/arac-43-03-231-292. S2CID 85680279.
  3. ^ a b Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1896). "Spiders of the family Attidae from Central America and Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 3: 1–101.
  4. ^ a b c d Ruiz, Gustavo R. S.; Edwards, G. B. (2013). "Revision of Bagheera (Araneae: Salticidae: Dendryphantinae)". The Journal of Arachnology. 41 (1): 18–24. doi:10.1636/K12-67.1. ISSN 0161-8202. JSTOR 23610230. S2CID 84398593.
  5. ^ Richman, D.B., Cutler, B., Hill, D.E. (9 February 2012). "Salticidae of North America, including Mexico" (PDF). Peckhamia. 95 (3): 1–88.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)



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