Biology:Kukulcania

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Kukulcania
Kukulcaniahibernalis.JPG
Southern house spider (Kukulcania hibernalis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Filistatidae
Genus: Kukulcania
Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Type species
K. hibernalis
(Hentz, 1842)
Species

15, see text

Kukulcania is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2] It is named after Kukulkan, a Mesoamerican serpent deity.[3]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains fifteen species found in the Americas, including the United States , Peru, and Chile :[1]

  • Kukulcania arizonica (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) – USA, Mexico
  • Kukulcania bajacali Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico
  • Kukulcania benita Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico (San Benito Is., Baja California)
  • Kukulcania brignolii (Alayón, 1981) – Mexico
  • Kukulcania chingona Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico
  • Kukulcania cochimi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico
  • Kukulcania geophila (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) – USA, Mexico
  • Kukulcania gertschi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico
  • Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) (type) – USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America
  • Kukulcania hurca (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942) – USA, Mexico
  • Kukulcania mexicana Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico
  • Kukulcania santosi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. Probably introduced in Peru, Chile
  • Kukulcania tequila Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico
  • Kukulcania tractans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico
  • Kukulcania utahana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) – USA, Mexico

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Kukulcania Lehtinen, 1967. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/868. Retrieved 2019-06-04. 
  2. Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha.". Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199–468. 
  3. "Genus Kukulcania". BugGuide. https://bugguide.net/node/view/26205. Retrieved 2019-06-04. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3017948 entry