Biology:Mexitlia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Mexitlia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Mexitlia
Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Type species
M. trivittata
(Banks, 1901)
Species
  • (Banks, 1901) – USA, Mexico Bond & Opell, 1997 – Mexico
  • M. grandis M. altima
  • (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico M. trivittata

Mexitlia is a genus of North American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2] (As of May 2019) it contains only three species: M. altima, M. grandis, and M. trivittata.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Mexitlia Lehtinen, 1967". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/777. Retrieved 2019-06-01. 
  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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3016318 entry