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Nilakantha (spider)

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Nilakantha
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Male Nilakantha sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Nilakantha
Peckham & Peckham, 1901[1]
Type species
Nilakantha cockerelli
Peckham & Peckham, 1901[1]
Species

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Diversity[1]
4 species

Nilakantha is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae.

Species

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As of November 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted 4 species of Nilakantha:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Gen. Nilakantha Peckham & Peckham, 1901". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2015-12-09.