''Mexitlia'' is a genus of

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

n cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and 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 contains only three species: ''M. altima'', ''M. grandis'', and ''M. trivittata''.

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* Araneomorphae genera Dictynidae Spiders of Mexico Spiders of the United States Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen {{Dictynidae-stub