Acragas (spider)

      Acragas
      Scientific classification
      Kingdom: Animalia
      Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
      Phylum: Arthropoda
      Subphylum: Chelicerata
      Class: Arachnida
      Order: Araneae
      Infraorder: Araneomorphae
      Section: Dionycha
      Family: Salticidae
      Subfamily: Amycinae
      Genus: Acragas
      Simon, 1900
      Type species
      Acragas longimanus
      Simon, 1900
      Species

      see text

      Diversity
      20 species

      Acragas is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It occurs in Central and South America.

      Name

      The genus name is derived from the Greek name of Agrigentum, an ancient city on Sicily.

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      Species

      • Acragas carinatus Crane, 1943 (Venezuela)
      • Acragas castaneiceps Simon, 1900 (Brazil)
      • Acragas erythraeus Simon, 1900 (Brazil)
      • Acragas fallax (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Panama)
      • Acragas hieroglyphicus (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Mexico to Panama)
      • Acragas humaitae Bauab & Soares, 1978 (Brazil)
      • Acragas humilis Simon, 1900 (Brazil)
      • Acragas leucaspis Simon, 1900 (Venezuela)
      • Acragas longimanus Simon, 1900 (Brazil)
      • Acragas longipalpus (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) (Guatemala)
      • Acragas mendax Bauab & Soares, 1978 (Brazil)
      • Acragas miniaceus Simon, 1900 (Peru, Brazil)
      • Acragas nigromaculatus (Mello-Leitão, 1922) (Brazil)
      • Acragas pacatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Central America)
      • Acragas peckhami (Chickering, 1946) (Panama)
      • Acragas procalvus Simon, 1900 (Peru)
      • Acragas quadriguttatus (F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico to Panama)
      • Acragas rosenbergi Simon, 1901 (Ecuador)
      • Acragas trimaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1917 (Brazil)
      • Acragas zeteki (Chickering, 1946) (Panama)
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