Mexcala

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Chelicerata Order Araneae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Class Arachnida Infraorder Araneomorphae
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Mexcala is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Name

The genus name is probably derived from the Nahuatl mezcal.

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

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