Mexcala

Mexcala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Synagelinae
Genus: Mexcala
Peckham & Peckham, 1902
Type species
Mexcala rufa
Peckham & Peckham, 1902
Species

see text

Diversity
8 species

Mexcala is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Name

The genus name is probably derived from the Nahuatl mezcal.

Species

References

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