Alcmena (spider)

Alcmena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Alcmena; C. L. Koch, 1846
Type species
	; C. L. Koch, 1846
Species
	See text.

Alcmena is a genus of jumping spiders. The genus was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846 based on the species and . The genus consists of four species endemic to North and South America. A fifth species, Alcmena trifasciata, was described by Caporiacco in 1954, but declared a nomen dubium by Ruiz and Brescovit in 2008.

Name[]

The genus name is derived from Alcmene, the mother of Heracles in Greek mythology.

Species[]

C. L. Koch, 1846 – Mexico
C. L. Koch, 1846 – Brazil
Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina
Karsch, 1880 – Venezuela

References[]

Platnick, Norman I. (2011): The world spider catalog, version 11.5. American Museum of Natural History.

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