Mexcala elegans
Mexcala elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Mexcala
Species:
M. elegans
Binomial name
Mexcala elegans

Mexcala elegans is a species of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae. It is found in Southern Africa. It preys on ants.[2]

References

  1. New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region. GW Peckham, EG Peckham - Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences …, 1903
  2. Trophic strategy of ant-eating Mexcala elegans (Araneae: Salticidae): looking for evidence of evolution of prey-specialization. Stano Pekár and Charles Haddad, Journal of Arachnology, 39(1), pages 133-138, 2011, doi:10.1636/Hi10-56.1


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