ARACHNOLOGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT

Doi
10.30963/aramit5802
Author

Metwally A-S, Mohafez M, El-Danasory M & El-Gendy A

Year
2019
Title

First record of Mexcala monstrata (Araneae: Salticidae) from Egypt

Title translated

Erstnachweis von Mexcala monstrata (Araneae: Salticidae) in Ägypten

Issue

Heft 58

Pages
4-5
Abstract

The jumping spider Mexcala monstrata Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 is recorded for the first time from Egypt and Africa. The record is based only on male specimens. It is the second species of the genus Mexcala in Egypt after Mexcala nigrocyanea (Simon, 1886) known from the Siwa Oasis.

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Keywords

Africa, jumping spiders, taxonomy