Acragas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. The name is derived from the Greek name of Agrigentum, an ancient city on Sicily.
Species it contains twenty species, found only in Central America, South America, and Mexico: Acragas carinatus Crane, 1943 – Venezuela Acragas castaneiceps Simon, 1900 – Brazil Acragas erythraeus Simon, 1900 – Brazil Acragas fallax (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Panama Acragas hieroglyphicus (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Mexico to Panama Acragas humaitae Bauab & Soares, 1978 – Brazil Acragas humilis Simon, 1900 – Brazil Acragas leucaspis Simon, 1900 – Venezuela Acragas longimanus Simon, 1900 (type) – Brazil Acragas longipalpus (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) – Guatemala Acragas mendax Bauab & Soares, 1978 – Brazil Acragas miniaceus Simon, 1900 – Peru, Brazil Acragas nigromaculatus (Mello-Leitão, 1922) – Brazil Acragas pacatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Central America Acragas peckhami (Chickering, 1946) – Panama Acragas procalvus Simon, 1900 – Peru Acragas quadriguttatus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico to Panama Acragas rosenbergi Simon, 1901 – Ecuador Acragas trimaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1917 – Brazil Acragas zeteki (Chickering, 1946) – Panama
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