Bagheera kiplingi

Bagheera kiplingi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Bagheera
Species:
B. kiplingi
Binomial name
Bagheera kiplingi

Bagheera kiplingi is a species of jumping spider found in Central America, including Mexico, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. It is the type species of the genus Bagheera, which includes three other species, including B. prosper.[1] B. kiplingi is notable for its peculiar diet, which is mostly herbivorous.[2] No other known species of omnivorous spider has such a markedly herbivorous diet.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 10.0. American Museum of Natural History.
  2. ^ Mihai, Andrei (Oct 13, 2009). "First (mainly) vegetarian spider found". ZME Science.
  3. ^ Milius, Susan (11 August 2008): "Vegetarian spider". Science News Vol. 174 No. 5.
  4. ^ Meehan, Christopher J.; Olson, Eric J.; Curry, Robert L. (21 August 2008): Exploitation of the Pseudomyrmex–Acacia mutualism by a predominantly vegetarian jumping spider (Bagheera kiplingi). The 93rd ESA Annual Meeting.