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.

Mexcala
Female Mexcala elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
Species

21, see text

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains twenty-one species, found only in Africa, Yemen, and Iran:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Mexcala Peckham & Peckham, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  2. ^ 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.