Genus of spiders
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.
As of  2019[ [update]] it contains five species, found in Panama, Mexico, Brazil, and on the Greater Antilles:
References.
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