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Mexcala
Sign in to saveMexcala 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilySalticidae
Observations203
Mexcala is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie springspinnen (Salticidae).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- Family
- Salticidae
- Collections
- MCZ, ZMUC, SAM, ARC-PPRI
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Namibia, Southern Africa
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- Parent taxon
- Salticidae
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- Mexcala elegans female.jpg
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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.
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