''Kukulcania'' is a

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of crevice weavers that was first described by

Pekka T. Lehtinen Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnology, arachnologist and taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is known for his works in systematics and for the many expeditions in which he has participated. Biography Lehtinen was born on 5 April ...

in 1967. It is named after

Kukulkan K’uk’ulkan, also spelled Kukulkan (; "Plumed Serpent", "Amazing Serpent"), is the Snake worship#Mesoamerica, serpent deity of Maya mythology. It is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ people and to Quetzalcoatl of A ...

, a

Mesoamerica Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area that begins in the southern part of North America and extends to the Pacific coast of Central America, thus comprising the lands of central and southern Mexico, all of Belize, Guatemala, El S ...

n serpent deity.

Species

it contains fifteen species found in the

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, including the

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Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

, and

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

: *'' Kukulcania arizonica'' (

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& 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 The southern house spider is a species of large spider in the family Filistatidae. Currently given the scientific name ''Kukulcania hibernalis'', it was formerly known as ''Filistata hibernalis''. Found in the Americas, it exhibits strong sexual ...

'' (Hentz, 1842) (

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) – 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

Araneomorphae genera Filistatidae Spiders of North America Spiders of South America Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen {{Araneomorphae-stub