''Aucana'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.

Species

it contains five species, found only in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

and on New Caledonia: *''

Aucana kaala ''Aucana'' is a genus of Pholcidae, cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000. Species it contains five species, found only in Chile and on New Caledonia: *''Aucana kaala'' Huber, 2000 – New Caledonia *''Aucana paposo'' Hu ...

'' 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

References

Pholcidae genera Pholcidae Spiders of Oceania Spiders of South America {{Pholcidae-stub

Species

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