Mexcala
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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)