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Peckham &amp; Peckham, 1903
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, 
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<paragraph blockId="43.[181,1142,718,1046]" pageId="43" pageNumber="56">Measurements (male/female): Carapace length 3.2/3.2, width 2.2/2.3, height 1.4/1.5. Abdomen length 3.6/4.8, width 1.9/2.9. Eye field length 1.3/1.3, anterior width 1.7/2.0, posterior width 1.7/2.0.</paragraph>
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Medium-sized, slender spider with long legs and contrasting colouration. Carapace high with short eye field and gently sloping posterior part; brown bristles near eyes; clypeus low. Chelicerae long, brown, with short sharp spike-like setae on dorsal surfaces; labium, endites and sternum dark brown.Abdomen slightly elongate, in living specimens bright silver-grey with three velvet black transverse bands, second of them forming triangle at about half of abdomen length (
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).
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General appearance in 
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); venter with broad median brown stripe. Epigyne with two large rounded shallow depressions (
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farm and 
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32 
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52.516'S
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32 
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12.407'E
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bark, 
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/1864); 2^Main Camp, 
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54.581'S
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: 
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32 
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18.798'E
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1ơ 
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same locality but 
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/984); 
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26 
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55.275'S
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: 
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32 
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17.947'E
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/ 35); 1ơ Southern boundary fence, 
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55.578'S
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19.081'E
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/3039); 1ơ 
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52.730'S
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: 
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32 
<emphasis box="[850,859,1154,1177]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">°</emphasis>
18.452'E
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<taxonomicName box="[953,1104,1156,1176]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="xanthophloea">
<emphasis box="[953,1104,1156,1176]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">A. xanthophloea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
bark, 
<date box="[194,297,1180,1200]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2004-07-10">
<collectingDate box="[194,297,1180,1200]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2004-07-10">10.vii.2004</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCode box="[307,407,1180,1200]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/635); 1ơ 
<specimenCount box="[493,557,1180,1200]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" type="generic">1 imm.</specimenCount>
same locality but 
<date box="[716,813,1180,1200]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2005-06-22">
<collectingDate box="[716,813,1180,1200]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2005-06-22">22.vi.2005</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCode box="[823,924,1180,1200]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/649); 1ơ 1^South-western shore of Banzi Pan, 
<geoCoordinate box="[394,505,1202,1225]" degrees="26" direction="south" minutes="53.118" orientation="latitude" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" precision="1" value="-26.8853">
26 
<emphasis box="[416,425,1202,1225]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">°</emphasis>
53.118'S
</geoCoordinate>
: 
<geoCoordinate box="[508,623,1202,1225]" degrees="32" direction="east" minutes="16.927" orientation="longitude" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" precision="1" value="32.282116">
32 
<emphasis box="[532,541,1202,1225]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">°</emphasis>
16.927'E
</geoCoordinate>
, under tree bark, 
<date box="[773,870,1204,1224]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2003-06-28">
<collectingDate box="[773,870,1204,1224]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2003-06-28">28.vi.2003</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCode box="[879,1009,1204,1224]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" type="Museum">NMSA 21861</specimenCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2002-01-09" collectingDateMax="2006-01-23" collectingDateMin="2002-01-09" collectionCode="NCA, NMSA" latitude="-26.866884" location="Nyamiti Pan" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="32.216366" municipality="Western" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" specimenCode="NCA 2008, NMSA 21862" specimenCount="11" stateProvince="Centre">
1^same locality, 
<taxonomicName box="[225,379,1228,1248]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="xanthophloea">
<emphasis box="[225,379,1228,1248]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">A. xanthophloea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
bark, 
<date box="[442,524,1228,1248]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2005-02-05">
<collectingDate box="[442,524,1228,1248]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2005-02-05">5.ii.2005</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCode box="[538,643,1228,1248]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/660); 1ơ 
<specimenCount box="[738,806,1228,1248]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" type="generic">1 imm.</specimenCount>
same data but 
<date box="[952,1039,1228,1248]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2006-01-23">
<collectingDate box="[952,1039,1228,1248]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2006-01-23">23.i.2006</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCode collectionCode="NCA" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/1848); 1ơ 
<specimenCount box="[294,360,1252,1272]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" type="generic">2 imm.</specimenCount>
<collectingMunicipality box="[364,439,1252,1272]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">Western</collectingMunicipality>
shore of 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03F1803AFF88FFF475B10BD4CD713163:8E8767F7FF8FFFF576270DFECDDE37DC" box="[526,645,1252,1272]" latitude="-26.866884" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="32.216366" municipality="Western" name="Nyamiti Pan" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">Nyamiti Pan</location>
, 
<geoCoordinate box="[654,770,1250,1273]" degrees="26" direction="south" minutes="53.767" orientation="latitude" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" precision="1" value="-26.896116">
26 
<emphasis box="[677,686,1250,1273]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">°</emphasis>
53.767'S
</geoCoordinate>
: 
<geoCoordinate box="[772,890,1250,1273]" degrees="32" direction="east" minutes="16.557" orientation="longitude" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" precision="1" value="32.27595">
32 
<emphasis box="[797,806,1250,1273]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">°</emphasis>
16.557'E
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<taxonomicName box="[899,1051,1252,1272]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="xanthophloea">
<emphasis box="[899,1051,1252,1272]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">A. xanthophloea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
bark, 
<date box="[144,249,1276,1296]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2004-07-10">
<collectingDate box="[144,249,1276,1296]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2004-07-10">10.vii.2004</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCode box="[262,367,1276,1296]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/593); 
<specimenCount box="[427,529,1276,1296]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" type="generic">1^3 imm.</specimenCount>
same data but 
<date box="[671,770,1276,1296]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2005-06-19">
<collectingDate box="[671,770,1276,1296]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2005-06-19">19.vi.2005</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCode box="[783,888,1276,1296]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/604); 
<specimenCount box="[949,1051,1276,1296]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" type="generic">1^5 imm.</specimenCount>
same data but 
<date box="[233,324,1300,1320]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2006-01-23">
<collectingDate box="[233,324,1300,1320]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2006-01-23">23.i.2006</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCode box="[340,450,1300,1320]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/608); 1ơ Western shore of Shokwe Pan, 
<taxonomicName box="[867,1032,1300,1320]" class="Gastropoda" family="Ficidae" genus="Ficus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Littorinimorpha" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="sycomorus">
<emphasis box="[867,1032,1300,1320]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">Ficus sycomorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forest, 
<geoCoordinate box="[144,259,1322,1345]" degrees="26" direction="south" minutes="52.013" orientation="latitude" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" precision="1" value="-26.866884">
26 
<emphasis box="[167,176,1322,1345]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">°</emphasis>
52.013'S
</geoCoordinate>
: 
<geoCoordinate box="[262,379,1322,1345]" degrees="32" direction="east" minutes="12.982" orientation="longitude" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" precision="1" value="32.216366">
32 
<emphasis box="[286,295,1322,1345]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">°</emphasis>
12.982'E
</geoCoordinate>
, leaf litter, 
<date box="[485,561,1324,1344]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2002-01-09">
<collectingDate box="[485,561,1324,1344]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2002-01-09">9.i.2002</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCode box="[573,708,1324,1344]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" type="Museum">NMSA 21862</specimenCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2002-01-09" collectingDateMax="2006-01-23" collectingDateMin="2002-01-09" collectionCode="NMSA" latitude="-26.866884" location="Nyamiti Pan" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="32.216366" municipality="Western" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" specimenCode="NMSA 21863" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Centre">
1ơ same locality, 
<collectedFrom box="[889,969,1324,1344]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">
on 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Roding" authorityYear="1798" box="[918,969,1324,1344]" class="Gastropoda" family="Ficidae" genus="Ficus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Littorinimorpha" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[918,969,1324,1344]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">Ficus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</collectedFrom>
bark, 
<date box="[1028,1104,1324,1344]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2002-01-09">
<collectingDate box="[1028,1104,1324,1344]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" value="2002-01-09">9.i.2002</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCode box="[150,284,1348,1368]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" type="Museum">NMSA 21863</specimenCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption pageId="44" pageNumber="57" startId="44.[143,182,1015,1035]" targetBox="[197,1058,209,982]" targetPageId="44" targetType="figure">
<paragraph blockId="44.[143,1103,1015,1059]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">
Figs 101–104. 
<taxonomicName authorityName=": Peckham &amp; Peckham" authorityYear="1903" box="[279,431,1015,1035]" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Mexcala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="44" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis box="[279,431,1015,1035]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">Mexcala elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: (101) abdominal pattern of male; (102) palpal organ, ventral view; (103) abdominal pattern of female; (104) epigyne.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="44.[144,1105,1106,1671]" box="[144,912,1382,1407]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">
Distribution: Species known only from 
<collectingCountry box="[588,731,1382,1407]" name="South Africa" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">South Africa</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry box="[785,908,1382,1407]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="44.[144,1105,1106,1671]" pageId="44" pageNumber="57">Habitat and biology: This species was collected from all of the habitats in the reserve, predominantly wandering on the ground, low-growing plants, on bark and on the walls of houses. This species demonstrates polymorphic colouration: early instar immatures have a metallic silver-blue carapace and metallic green or purple abdomen, with a median triangular marking; late instar immatures have a metallic blue carapace and abdomen, with a median triangular marking; adults have a metallic silver-blue carapace and abdomen, with a triangular marking medially on the abdomen, or an abdomen with white or yellow markings (anterior band and two pairs of spots medially and posteriorly).</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="45.[181,1142,206,583]" pageId="45" pageNumber="58">
These variations suggest mimicry of two different groups of 
<taxonomicName box="[889,1044,206,231]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Hymenoptera</taxonomicName>
, namely ants (
<taxonomicName box="[240,371,238,263]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Formicidae</taxonomicName>
) and velvet ants (
<taxonomicName authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1802" box="[564,687,238,263]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Mutillidae</taxonomicName>
). None of these colour variations point to a specific species of model, and these spiders can rather be regarded as generalised mimics. Their behaviour and movements resemble ant movements, with the forelegs moving up and down to resemble antennal movements, the abdomen moving up and down, and rapid darting runs. 
<taxonomicName authorityName=": Peckham &amp; Peckham" authorityYear="1903" box="[511,632,366,390]" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Mexcala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="45" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis box="[511,632,366,390]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="58">M. elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was observed preying on a wide variety of ant species, and no other prey was observed being captured. Early instar immatures captured 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1860" box="[181,310,430,454]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Oecophylla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[181,310,430,454]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="58">Oecophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lund" authorityYear="1831" box="[361,527,430,454]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[361,527,430,454]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="58">Crematogaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ants, while subadults and adults captured 
<emphasis box="[985,1142,430,454]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="58">Streblognatha</emphasis>
sp., 
<taxonomicName box="[229,428,462,487]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Camponotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis box="[229,371,462,486]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="58">Camponotus</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="(Smith, 1858)" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[442,867,462,487]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmicaria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="natalensis">
<emphasis box="[442,698,462,486]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="58">Myrmicaria natalensis</emphasis>
(Smith, 1858)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="(Smith, 1858)" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1858" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Anoplolepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="custodiens">
<emphasis box="[881,1141,462,486]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="58">Anoplolepis custodiens</emphasis>
(Smith, 1858)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="Smith, 1858" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1858" box="[352,713,494,519]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrachis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gagates">
<emphasis box="[352,568,494,518]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="58">Polyrachis gagates</emphasis>
Smith, 1858
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName authority="(Fabricius, 1798)" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1798" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pachycondyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tarsata">
<emphasis box="[768,1013,494,518]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="58">Pachycondyla tarsata</emphasis>
(Fabricius, 1798)
</taxonomicName>
. The predation behaviour of this species will be dealt with in more detail in a separate paper (Haddad unpubl.).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>