Biology:Mexcala elegans
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Short description: Species of spider
Mexcala elegans | |
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Mexcala elegans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Mexcala |
Species: | M. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Mexcala elegans Peckham & Peckham, 1903[1]
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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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- Mexcala elegans at jumping-spiders.com.
Wikidata ☰ Q2419979 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexcala elegans.
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