Aucana Explained

Aucana is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.^[1]

Species

it contains five species, found only in Chile and on New Caledonia:^[2]

• Aucana kaala Huber, 2000 – New Caledonia
• Aucana paposo Huber, 2000 – Chile
• Aucana petorca Huber, 2000 – Chile
• Aucana platnicki Huber, 2000 (type) – Chile
• Aucana ramirezi Huber, 2000 – Chile

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

Notes and References

1. Huber. B. A.. 2000. New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1–348. 254. 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2. 2246/1601. free.
2. Gen. Aucana Huber, 2000. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.