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 characters include Bagheera, Messua, and Akela.

Species

it contains five species, found in Panama, Mexico, Brazil, and on the Greater Antilles:

• Nagaina berlandi Soares & Camargo, 1948 – Brazil

• Nagaina diademata Simon, 1902 – Brazil

• Nagaina incunda Peckham & Peckham, 1896 (type) – Mexico to Panama

• Nagaina olivacea Franganillo, 1930 – Cuba

• Nagaina tricincta Simon, 1902 – Brazil

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