Nagaina

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