''Ixchela'' is a

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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

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Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

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, and

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: *'' Ixchela abernathyi'' (

Gertsch Willis John Gertsch (October 4, 1906 – December 12, 1998) was an American arachnologist. He described over 1,000 species of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider. Gertsch was born ...

, 1971) – Mexico *'' Ixchela azteca'' Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the

Aztec people The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl l ...

. *'' Ixchela franckei'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico *''

Ixchela furcula ''Ixchela'' is a genus of Pholcidae, cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000. Species it contains twenty-two species, found in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico: *''Ixchela abernathyi'' (Willis J. Gertsch, Gerts ...

'' (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

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, where this species is found. *'' Ixchela huberi'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico *'' Ixchela jalisco'' Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the state of

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

, where this species is found. *'' Ixchela juarezi'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after Benito Juárez. *'' Ixchela mendozai'' Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico *'' Ixchela mixe'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after the

Mixe people The Mixe (Spanish ' or rarely ' ) are an indigenous people of Mexico inhabiting 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 tha ...

. *'' Ixchela panchovillai'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 – Mexico. Named after Pancho Villa. *'' Ixchela pecki'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *''

Ixchela placida ''Ixchela'' is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000. Species it contains twenty-two species, found in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico: *'' Ixchela abernathyi'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *'' Ixc ...

'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *''

Ixchela purepecha ''Ixchela'' is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000. Species it contains twenty-two species, found in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico: *'' Ixchela abernathyi'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *'' Ixc ...

'' Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the

Purépecha The Purépecha (endonym pua, P'urhepecha ) are a group of indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of Michoacán, Mexico, mainly in the area of the cities of Cherán and Pátzcuaro. They are also known by the pejorative "Tarascan ...

people. *'' Ixchela santibanezi'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico *'' Ixchela simoni'' (

O. Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...

, 1898) – Mexico *'' Ixchela taxco'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico *'' Ixchela tlayuda'' Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the tlayuda dish, typical of

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, where this species is found. *'' Ixchela tzotzil'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after the

Tzotzil The Tzotzil are an indigenous Maya people of the central Chiapas highlands in southern Mexico. As cited by Alfredo López Austin (1997), p. 133, 148 and following. As of 2000, they numbered about 298,000. The municipalities with the largest Tzo ...

people. *'' Ixchela viquezi'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Honduras *'' Ixchela zapatai'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 – Mexico. Named after Emiliano Zapata.

References

Pholcidae genera Pholcidae Spiders of Central America Spiders of Mexico {{Pholcidae-stub

Species

See also

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