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]
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Kukulcania arizonica (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) – USA, Mexico
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Kukulcania bajacali Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico
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Kukulcania benita Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico (San Benito Is., Baja California)
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Kukulcania brignolii (Alayón, 1981) – Mexico
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Kukulcania chingona Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico
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Kukulcania cochimi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico
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Kukulcania geophila (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) – USA, Mexico
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Kukulcania gertschi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico
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Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) (type) – USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America
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Kukulcania hurca (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942) – USA, Mexico
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Kukulcania mexicana Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico
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Kukulcania santosi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. Probably introduced in Peru, Chile
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Kukulcania tequila Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico
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Kukulcania tractans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico
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Kukulcania utahana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) – USA, Mexico
References
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^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Kukulcania Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
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^ 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.
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^ "Genus Kukulcania". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
