Mexcala
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Mexcala is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
[edit] Name
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
[edit] References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
