''Hoffmannilena'' is a genus of spiders in the family
Agelenidae
The Agelenidae are a large family of spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae. Well-known examples include the common "grass spiders" of the genus ''Agelenopsis''. Nearly all Agelenidae are harmless to humans, but the bite of the hobo spider (''Era ...
. It was first described in 2016 by Julieta Maya-Morales and María Luisa Jiménez. This genus was named in honour of
Anita Hoffmann
Ana Esther Hoffmann Mendizábal (3 March 1919 – 11 October 2007), also known as Anita Hoffmann, was a Mexican researcher, educator, academic, and biologist specializing in acarology and parasitology. She was a pioneer in the study of arachni ...
.
, it contains 9 species: 8 from
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
, and 1, ''H. nova'', from
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
.
Species
''Hoffmannilena'' comprises the following species:
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Hoffmannilena apoala''
Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2016
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Hoffmannilena cumbre
''Hoffmannilena'' is a genus of spiders in the family Agelenidae. It was first described in 2016 by Julieta Maya-Morales and María Luisa Jiménez. This genus was named in honour of Anita Hoffmann. , it contains 9 species: 8 from Mexico, and 1, ...
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Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2016
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Hoffmannilena huajuapan''
Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2016
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Hoffmannilena lobata''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)
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Hoffmannilena marginata''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)
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Hoffmannilena mitla''
Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2016
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Hoffmannilena nova''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896)
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Hoffmannilena tizayuca''
Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2016 (
type
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)
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Hoffmannilena variabilis''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)
References
Agelenidae genera
Spiders of Mexico
Spiders of Central America
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