Mexcala caerulea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salticoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha Superfamilia: Salticoidea

Familia: Salticidae
Subfamilia: Synagelinae
Tribus: Synagelini
Genus: Mexcala
Species: Mexcala caerulea

Name

Mexcala caerulea (Simon, 1901)

Synonymy

• Cosmophasis caerulea Simon, 1901: 148
• Mexcala caerulea (Simon):
• Cosmophasis tristis Berland & Millot, 1941: 319 (synonymized by Wesolowska, 2009: 157)
  • Ivory Coast, Danane, 7°16 ́N 8°09 ́W.
    • Type locality: MNHN. female ♀. VIII.1937. legit J. Millot.

References

Primary references

• Simon, E.L. 1901a. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45: 141-161 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Berland, L. & Millot. J. 1941. Les araignées de l’Afrique occidentale française. I. Les salticidés. Mémoires du Musée d’Histoire naturelle 12: 297–424. Internet Archive Reference page. 
• Wesołowska, W. 2009. A revision of the spider genus Mexcala Peckham et Peckham, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 20(1): 149-186. full article (PDF). Reference page.