Acragas (spider)

Acragas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. The name is derived from the Greek name of Agrigentum, an ancient city on Sicily.

Species

it contains twenty species, found only in Central America, South America, and Mexico:

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

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