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Mexcala monstrata, habitus of a living spider. a. adult male; b. subadult male; c. prosoma of a preserved male
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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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... Salticidae Blackwall, 1841Genus Mexcala Peckham & Peckham, 1902Mexcala monstrata Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 Fig. 1a slender spider with long legs. Prosoma pear-shaped, widest posteriorly, coloured dark brown, clothed with delicate short brilliant hairs as in Fig. 1c. Opisthosoma elongated, pointed posteriorly, orange with a brown anterior margin and a narrow transverse band halfway along its length, sometimes opisthosoma blackish at posterior margin ...
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... Salticidae Blackwall, 1841Genus Mexcala Peckham & Peckham, 1902Mexcala monstrata Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 Fig. 1a slender spider with long legs. Prosoma pear-shaped, widest posteriorly, coloured dark brown, clothed with delicate short brilliant hairs as in Fig. 1c. Opisthosoma elongated, pointed posteriorly, orange with a brown anterior margin and a narrow transverse band halfway along its length, sometimes opisthosoma blackish at posterior margin (Fig. 1). Spinnerets orange-brownish. Legs thin and very long, legs IV longest, femora brown, tarsi whitish-yellow, remaining segments orange with ...
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... Fig. 1a slender spider with long legs. Prosoma pear-shaped, widest posteriorly, coloured dark brown, clothed with delicate short brilliant hairs as in Fig. 1c. Opisthosoma elongated, pointed posteriorly, orange with a brown anterior margin and a narrow transverse band halfway along its length, sometimes opisthosoma blackish at posterior margin (Fig. 1). Spinnerets orange-brownish. Legs thin and very long, legs IV longest, femora brown, tarsi whitish-yellow, remaining segments orange with brown lines along lateral surfaces. Palpal organ as in Figs 2-5, and measurements as in Tabs ...
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