Akela (spider)
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Akela is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
[edit] Etymology
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.
[edit] Species
- Akela charlottae Peckham & Peckham, 1896 (Guatemala, Panama)
- Akela fulva Dyal, 1935 (Pakistan)
- Akela ruricola Galiano, 1999 (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina)
