World Spider Catalog

Genus: Mexcala G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Mexcala torquata Wesołowska, 2009

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042453

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Ivory Coast

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (152959) - (Wesołowska, 2009a)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 1f (149634) - (Wesołowska, 2009a)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 3f (223, 5011) - (Wesołowska, 2009a)

Taxonomic References

Mexcala torquata Wesołowska, 2009a: 181, f. 114-119 (Df) Original description

Mexcala torquata Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 60, f. 38A-G (Dm, f)

Mexcala torquata Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 856, f. 45C-D (f)

References

Wesołowska, W. (2009a). A revision of the spider genus Mexcala Peckham et Peckham, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 20: 149-186. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2022). Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J.-C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 841: 1-143. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Henrard, A. (2025). New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 75(3): 811-912. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.3.010 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2025-10-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025
2022-10-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022
2022-10-16	First description of male	Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022	Old value