Nilakantha (spider) explained

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

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted 4 species of Nilakantha:^[1]

• Nilakantha cockerelli Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – Hispaniola, Jamaica
• Nilakantha crucifera (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
• Nilakantha inerma (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
• Nilakantha peckhami Bryant, 1940 – Cuba

References

1. Web site: Gen. Nilakantha Peckham & Peckham, 1901 . World Spider Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern . 2015-12-09 .