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Mexcala is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1902.^[2] The name is probably derived from the Nahuatl mezcal.

Distribution

Mexcala are found only in Africa, Yemen, and Iran.^[1]

As of October 2025, this genus includes 22 species:^[1]

Mexcala agilis Lawrence, 1928 – DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Namibia
Mexcala angolensis Wesołowska, 2009 – Angola
Mexcala caerulea (Simon, 1901) – 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 (Simon, 1886) – Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia
Mexcala ovambo Wesołowska, 2009 – Namibia
Mexcala quadrimaculata (Lawrence, 1942) – Zimbabwe, South Africa
Mexcala rufa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa (type species)
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