Mexcala
| 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, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Mexcala rufa Peckham & Peckham, 1902 | |
| Species | |
|
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| 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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