Mexcala
| Mexcala | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Mexcala Peckham & Peckham, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| Mexcala rufa Peckham & Peckham, 1902 | |
| Species | |
|
See text. | |
| Diversity | |
| 18 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 angolensis Wesołowska, 2009 — Angola
- Mexcala elegans Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — Southern Africa
- Mexcala farsensis Logunov, 2001 — Iran
- Mexcala fizi Wesołowska, 2009 — Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mexcala formosa Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 — Ethiopia
- Mexcala kabondo Wesołowska, 2009 — Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mexcala macilenta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 — Tanzania
- Mexcala meridiana Wesołowska, 2009 — South Africa
- Mexcala monstrata Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 — Yemen
- Mexcala namibica Wesołowska, 2009 — Namibia
- Mexcala natalensis (Lawrence, 1942) — Southern Africa
- Mexcala ovambo Wesołowska, 2009 — Namibia
- Mexcala rufa Peckham & Peckham, 1902 — South Africa
- Mexcala signata Wesołowska, 2009 — Kenya
- Mexcala synagelese Wesołowska, 2009 — Angola
- Mexcala torquata Wesołowska, 2009 — Ivory Coast
- Mexcala vicina Wesołowska, 2009 — Cameroon
References
- ↑ "Gen. Mexcala Peckham & Peckham, 1902". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- Wesołowska, W. (2009). "A revision of the spider genus Mexcala Peckham and Peckham, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Genus. 20 (1): 149–186.
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