''Ixchela'' 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 twenty-two species, found in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

: *'' Ixchela abernathyi'' ( Gertsch, 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'' (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) ( type) – Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador *'' Ixchela grix'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico *'' Ixchela huasteca'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after

La Huasteca La Huasteca is a geographical and cultural region located partially along the Gulf of Mexico and including parts of the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Guanajuato. It is roughly defined as the area ...

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

Benito Juárez Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. As a Zapotec, he was the first indigenous pre ...

. *'' 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 Francisco "Pancho" Villa (, Orozco rebelled in March 1912, both for Madero's continuing failure to enact land reform and because he felt insufficiently rewarded for his role in bringing the new president to power. At the request of Madero's c ...

. *'' Ixchela pecki'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *'' Ixchela placida'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *'' Ixchela purepecha'' Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the Purépecha people. *'' Ixchela santibanezi'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico *'' Ixchela simoni'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico *'' Ixchela taxco'' Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico *'' Ixchela tlayuda'' Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the

tlayuda Tlayuda (), sometimes spelled clayuda, is a handmade dish in traditional Oaxacan cuisine, consisting of a large, thin, crunchy, partially fried or toasted tortilla covered with a spread of refried beans, ''asiento'' (unrefined pork lard), lettu ...

dish, typical of

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

, 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 Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the ins ...

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

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