Mexcala
| Mexcala | |
|---|---|
| Female Mexcala elegans | |
| Female Mexcala quadrimaculata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Mexcala Peckham & Peckham, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. rufa Peckham & Peckham, 1902
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| Species | |
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22, see text | |
Mexcala is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1902.[2] The name is probably derived from the Nahuatl mezcal.
Distribution
Mexcala are found only in Africa, Yemen, and Iran.[1]
Species
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female M. elegans
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female M. quadrimaculata
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female M. rufa
As of October 2025, this genus includes 22 species:[1]
- Mexcala agilis Lawrence, 1928 – DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Namibia
- Mexcala angolensis Wesołowska, 2009 – Angola
- Mexcala caerulea (Simon, 1901) – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast
- Mexcala elegans G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – Ivory Coast, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
- Mexcala farsensis Logunov, 2001 – Iran
- Mexcala fizi Wesołowska, 2009 – Congo, Tanzania
- Mexcala formosa Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
- Mexcala inopinata Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda
- Mexcala kabondo Wesołowska, 2009 – Congo, Malawi, Tanzania
- Mexcala macilenta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Ethiopia, Tanzania
- Mexcala meridiana Wesołowska, 2009 – South Africa
- Mexcala monstrata Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Egypt, Yemen
- Mexcala namibica Wesołowska, 2009 – Namibia
- Mexcala nigrocyanea (Simon, 1886) – Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia
- Mexcala ovambo Wesołowska, 2009 – Namibia
- Mexcala quadrimaculata (Lawrence, 1942) – Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Mexcala rufa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa (type species)
- Mexcala signata Wesołowska, 2009 – Kenya, Tanzania
- Mexcala smaragdina Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria
- Mexcala synagelese Wesołowska, 2009 – Sudan, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, DR Congo, Uganda, Angola
- Mexcala torquata Wesołowska, 2009 – Guinea, Ivory Coast
- Mexcala vicina Wesołowska, 2009 – Cameroon, Congo
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Mexcala G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- ^ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1902). "Some new genera and species of Attidae from South Africa". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 9 (312): 330–335. doi:10.1155/1902/13502.