''Akela'' is a
genus of
jumping spiders (family Salticidae), consisting of three described
species. Two of these occur in
Central
Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object.
Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
and
South America and the third in
Pakistan.
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
Bagheera ( hi, बघीरा / ''Baghīrā'') is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in ''The Jungle Book'' (coll. 1894) and ''The Second Jungle Book'' (coll. 1895). He is a black panther ( melanistic Indian leopard) who ...
'', ''
Messua'' and ''
Nagaina
''Nagaina'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. The name is derived from ''Nagaina'', a character from Rudyard Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's c ...
''.
Species
* ''
Akela charlottae Akela may refer to:
* Akela (The Jungle Book), the wolf featured in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories collected in ''The Jungle Book'' and ''The Second Jungle Book''
* Akela (Scouting), a symbol of wisdom in the Cub Scout program, usually (but not n ...
''
Peckham & Peckham
George Williams Peckham (March 23, 1845 – January 10, 1914) and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham (December 19, 1854 – February 11, 1940) were a married couple who were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologists, arachno ...
, 1896, found in Central America (Guatemala, Panama).
* ''
Akela fulva Akela may refer to:
* Akela (The Jungle Book), the wolf featured in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories collected in ''The Jungle Book'' and ''The Second Jungle Book''
* Akela (Scouting), a symbol of wisdom in the Cub Scout program, usually (but not n ...
'' Dyal, 1935, found in Pakistan.
* ''
Akela ruricola Akela may refer to:
* Akela (The Jungle Book), the wolf featured in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories collected in ''The Jungle Book'' and ''The Second Jungle Book''
* Akela (Scouting), a symbol of wisdom in the Cub Scout program, usually (but not n ...
''
Galiano, 1999, found in South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina).
References
Further reading
*
Galiano, M. E. (1989), "Note on the genera ''Admestina'' and ''Akela'' (Araneae, Salticidae)", ''Bull. British Arachnol. Soc.'', 8(2): 49-50.
External links
Diagnostic drawings of ''A. ruricola''
Salticidae genera
Spiders of Central America
Spiders of South America
Spiders of Asia
Salticidae
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