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 Reginald [Frederick Lawrence|Lawrence], 1928 – DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Namibia
- Mexcala angolensis Wesołowska, 2009 – Angola
- Mexcala caerulea – 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 – Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia
- Mexcala ovambo Wesołowska, 2009 – Namibia
- Mexcala quadrimaculata – Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Mexcala rufa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
- 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