Mexcala

Mexcala is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1902. The name is probably derived from the Nahuatl mezcal.

Distribution

Mexcala are found only in Africa, Yemen, and Iran.

Species

, this genus includes 22 species:

• Mexcala agilis <small>Lawrence, 1928</small> – DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Namibia
• Mexcala angolensis <small>Wesołowska, 2009</small> – Angola
• Mexcala caerulea <small>(Simon, 1901)</small> – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast
• Mexcala elegans <small>G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903</small> – Ivory Coast, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
• Mexcala farsensis <small>, 2001</small> – Iran
• Mexcala fizi <small>Wesołowska, 2009</small> – Congo, Tanzania
• Mexcala formosa <small>Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008</small> – Ethiopia
• Mexcala inopinata <small>Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024</small> – Uganda
• Mexcala kabondo <small>Wesołowska, 2009</small> – Congo, Malawi, Tanzania
• Mexcala macilenta <small>Wesołowska & , 2000</small> – Ethiopia, Tanzania
• Mexcala meridiana <small>Wesołowska, 2009</small> – South Africa
• Mexcala monstrata <small>Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994</small> – Egypt, Yemen
• Mexcala namibica <small>Wesołowska, 2009</small> – Namibia
• Mexcala nigrocyanea <small>(Simon, 1886)</small> – Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia
• Mexcala ovambo <small>Wesołowska, 2009</small> – Namibia
• Mexcala quadrimaculata <small>(Lawrence, 1942)</small> – Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Mexcala rufa <small>G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902</small> – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa (type species)
• Mexcala signata <small>Wesołowska, 2009</small> – Kenya, Tanzania
• Mexcala smaragdina <small>Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012</small> – Nigeria
• Mexcala synagelese <small>Wesołowska, 2009</small> – Sudan, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, DR Congo, Uganda, Angola
• Mexcala torquata <small>Wesołowska, 2009</small> – Guinea, Ivory Coast
• Mexcala vicina <small>Wesołowska, 2009</small> – Cameroon, Congo

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