Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0101] Detail
Gen. Mexcala G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03072] Detail
type Mexcala rufa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902; gender feminine
In synonymy:
Mexcala cincta (Denis, 1947) = Mexcala nigrocyanea (Simon, 1886) (Clark, 1974: 15, sub Cosmophasis).
Mexcala natalensis (Lawrence, 1942) = Mexcala elegans G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 (Wesołowska, 2009a: 158).
Mexcala tristis (Berland & Millot, 1941) = Mexcala caerulea (Simon, 1901) (Clark, 1974: 14, sub Cosmophasis).
Mexcala agilis Lawrence, 1928 | m | Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Namibia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034662]
Mexcala agilis Lawrence, 1928: 261, pl. 22, f. 42 (Dm).
Mexcala agilis Wesołowska, 2009a: 153, f. 3-14 (m).
Mexcala angolensis Wesołowska, 2009 | m | Angola     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042445]
Mexcala angolensis Wesołowska, 2009a: 155, f. 15-17 (Dm).
Mexcala caerulea (Simon, 1901) | m f | Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032939]
Cosmophasis caerulea Simon, 1901c: 148 (Dm).
Cosmophasis tristis Berland & Millot, 1941: 319, f. 21 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056231].
Cosmophasis caerulea Clark, 1974: 14, f. 10-11 (mf, S of Cosmophasis tristis).
Mexcala caerulea Wesołowska, 2009a: 157, f. 18-29 (mf, T from Cosmophasis).
Mexcala caerulea Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 59, f. 36A-B (f).
Mexcala elegans G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 | m f | Ivory Coast, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034663]
Mexcala elegans Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 248, pl. 29, f. 2 (Dm).
Cosmophasis natalensis Lawrence, 1942: 184, f. 30 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032961].
Mexcala natalensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 197, f. 92-97 (mf, T from Cosmophasis).
Mexcala elegans Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 56, f. 101-104, 247 (mf).
Mexcala elegans Wesołowska, 2009a: 158, f. 2, 30-46 (mf, S of Cosmophasis natalensis).
Mexcala farsensis Logunov, 2001 | f | Iran     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038265]
Mexcala farsensis Logunov, 2001b: 61, f. 1-3 (Df; N.B.: misplaced, per Wesolowska, 2009a: 185).
Mexcala fizi Wesołowska, 2009 | m | Congo, Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042446]
Mexcala fizi Wesołowska, 2009a: 162, f. 47-49 (Dm).
Mexcala formosa Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 | m | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041759]
Mexcala formosa Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008: 24, f. 95-98 (Dm).
Mexcala formosa Wesołowska, 2009a: 163, f. 50-52 (Dm).
Mexcala inopinata Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 | m f | Uganda     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061991]
Mexcala inopinata Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 68, f. 45A-E (Dmf).
Mexcala kabondo Wesołowska, 2009 | f | Congo, Malawi, Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042447]
Mexcala kabondo Wesołowska, 2009a: 164, f. 53-61 (Df).
Mexcala macilenta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 | m f | Ethiopia, Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034664]
Mexcala macilenta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 68, f. 181-184 (Dmf).
Mexcala macilenta Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008: 26, f. 99-101, 210 (f).
Mexcala macilenta Wesołowska, 2009a: 166, f. 62-66 (mf).
Mexcala meridiana Wesołowska, 2009 | f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042448]
Mexcala meridiana Wesołowska, 2009a: 168, f. 67-68 (Df).
Mexcala monstrata Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 | m f | Egypt, Yemen     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034665]
Mexcala monstrata Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 49, f. 105-107 (Df).
Mexcala monstrata Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 228, f. 111-117 (f, Dm).
Mexcala monstrata Wesołowska, 2009a: 169, f. 1, 69-76 (mf).
Mexcala monstrata Metwally et al., 2019: 4, f. 1a-c, 2-5 (m).
Mexcala namibica Wesołowska, 2009 | m | Namibia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042449]
Mexcala namibica Wesołowska, 2009a: 170, f. 77-79 (Dm).
Mexcala nigrocyanea (Simon, 1886) | f | Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032962]
Cyllobelus nigro-cyaneus Simon, 1886g: 390 (Df).
Cosmophasis nigrocyanea Simon, 1901a: 548.
Cosmophasis cincta Denis, 1947a: 67, pl. 4, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056230].
Cosmophasis nigrocyanea Clark, 1974: 14, f. 16-17 (S of Cosmophasis cincta).
Mexcala nigrocyanea Wesołowska, 2009a: 171, f. 80-83 (f, T from Cosmophasis).
Mexcala ovambo Wesołowska, 2009 | f | Namibia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042450]
Mexcala ovambo Wesołowska, 2009a: 173, f. 84-87 (Df).
Mexcala quadrimaculata (Lawrence, 1942) | f | Zimbabwe, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032970]
Cosmophasis quadrimaculatus Lawrence, 1942: 186, f. 31 (Df).
Cosmophasis quadrimaculata Roewer, 1955c: 1151.
Cosmophasis quadrimaculata Clark, 1974: 15, f. 18-19 (f).
Mexcala quadrimaculata Wesołowska, 2009a: 174, f. 88-94 (Tf from Cosmophasis).
Mexcala rufa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 * | m | Namibia, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034666]
Mexcala rufa Peckham & Peckham, 1902: 333 (Dm).
Mexcala rufa Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 247, pl. 29, f. 1 (m).
Mexcala rufa Prószyński, 1984a: 83 (m).
Mexcala rufa Wesołowska, 2009a: 176, f. 95-99 (m).
Mexcala rufa Prószyński, 2017b: 31, f. 13J (m).
Mexcala signata Wesołowska, 2009 | f | Kenya, Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042451]
Mexcala signata Wesołowska, 2009a: 177, f. 100-103 (Df).
Mexcala smaragdina Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012 | m | Nigeria     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045717]
Mexcala smaragdina Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 752, f. 66-69, 127 (Dm).
Mexcala synagelese Wesołowska, 2009 | m f | Sudan, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, DR Congo, Uganda, Angola     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042452]
Mexcala synagelese Wesołowska, 2009a: 179, f. 104-113 (Dmf).
Mexcala torquata Wesołowska, 2009 | m f | Guinea, Ivory Coast     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042453]
Mexcala torquata Wesołowska, 2009a: 181, f. 114-119 (Df).
Mexcala torquata Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 60, f. 38A-G (Dm, f).
Mexcala vicina Wesołowska, 2009 | m | Cameroon, Congo     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042454]
Mexcala vicina Wesołowska, 2009a: 182, f. 120-122 (Dm).
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