Mexcala

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Mexcala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Mexcala
Peckham & Peckham, 1902
Species

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Mexcala is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

[edit] Etymology

The genus name is probably derived from the Nahuatl mezcal.

[edit] Species

  • Mexcala agilis Lawrence, 1928 (Namibia)
  • Mexcala elegans Peckham & Peckham, 1903 (Southern Africa)
  • Mexcala farsensis Logunov, 2001 (Iran)
  • Mexcala macilenta Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 (Tanzania)
  • Mexcala monstrata Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 (Yemen)
  • Mexcala rufa Peckham & Peckham, 1902 (South Africa)