- Mexcala
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Mexcala Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Infraorder: Araneomorphae Section: Dionycha Superfamily: Salticoidea Family: Salticidae Subfamily: Synagelinae Genus: Mexcala
Peckham & Peckham, 1902Type species Mexcala rufa
Peckham & Peckham, 1902Species see text
Diversity 8 species Mexcala is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Name
The genus name is probably derived from the Nahuatl mezcal.
Species
- Mexcala agilis Lawrence, 1928 — Namibia
- Mexcala elegans Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — Southern Africa
- Mexcala farsensis Logunov, 2001 — Iran
- Mexcala formosa Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 — Ethiopia
- Mexcala macilenta Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 — Tanzania
- Mexcala monstrata Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 — Yemen
- Mexcala natalensis (Lawrence, 1942) — Southern Africa
- Mexcala rufa Peckham & Peckham, 1902 — South Africa
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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