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.
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| Male Akela from Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Akela Peckham & Peckham, 1896 |
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Name edit
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 edit
- 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).
References edit
Further reading edit
- Galiano, M. E. (1989), "Note on the genera Admestina and Akela (Araneae, Salticidae)", Bull. British Arachnol. Soc., 8(2): 49-50.
External links edit
- Diagnostic drawings of A. ruricola Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
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