''Ixchela'' is a
genus
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of
cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.
Species
it contains twenty-two species, found in
El Salvador
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,
Honduras
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,
Guatemala
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, and
Mexico
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:
*''
Ixchela abernathyi''
( Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico
*''
Ixchela azteca''
Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the
Aztec people.
*''
Ixchela franckei''
Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico
*''
Ixchela furcula''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) (
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) – Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
*''
Ixchela grix''
Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico
*''
Ixchela huasteca''
Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after
La Huasteca, where this species is found.
[
*'' Ixchela huberi'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico
*'' Ixchela jalisco'' Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the state of ]Jalisco
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, where this species is found.[
*'' Ixchela juarezi'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after ]Benito Juárez
Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. A Zapotec peoples, Zapotec, he w ...
.Mixe people
The Mixe (Spanish ' or rarely ' ) are an Indigenous people of Mexico who live in the eastern highlands of the state of Oaxaca. They speak the Mixe languages, which are classified in the Mixe–Zoque family, and are more culturally conservative ...
.[
*'' Ixchela panchovillai'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 – Mexico. Named after ]Pancho Villa
Francisco "Pancho" Villa ( , , ; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution. He was a key figure in the revolutionary movement that forced ...
.Purépecha
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They are also known by the derogatory term " Tarascan", an exonym, app ...
people.[
*'' Ixchela santibanezi'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico
*'' Ixchela simoni'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico
*'' Ixchela taxco'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico
*'' Ixchela tlayuda'' Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the ]tlayuda
Tlayuda (), sometimes spelled clayuda, is a handmade dish in traditional Oaxacan cuisine, consisting of a large, thin, crunchy, partially fried or toasted tortilla covered with a spread of refried beans, ''asiento'' (unrefined pork lard), le ...
dish, typical of Oaxaca
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, where this species is found.
*'' Ixchela tzotzil'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after the Tzotzil people.[
*'' Ixchela viquezi'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Honduras
*'' Ixchela zapatai'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 – Mexico. Named after ]Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the insp ...
.[
]
See also
* List of Pholcidae species
This page lists all described genera and species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reprod ...
References
Pholcidae genera
Pholcidae
Spiders of Central America
Spiders of Mexico
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