Kukulcania Explained

Kukulcania is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.^[1] It is named after Kukulkan, a Mesoamerican serpent deity.^[2]

Species

it contains fifteen species found in the Americas, including the United States, Peru, and Chile:^[3]

• Kukulcania arizonica (Chamberlin & 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 (Hentz, 1842) (type) – 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

Notes and References

1. 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. 199–468. 4.
2. Web site: Genus Kukulcania. BugGuide. 2019-06-04.
3. Gen. Kukulcania Lehtinen, 1967. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.