Genus of spiders
Ixchela is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.[2]
Species
As of November 2021[update] it contains twenty-two species, found in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico:[1]
- Ixchela abernathyi (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico
- Ixchela azteca Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the Aztec people.[3]
- 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, where this species is found.[4]
- Ixchela huberi Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico
- Ixchela jalisco Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the state of Jalisco, where this species is found.[3]
- Ixchela juarezi Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after Benito Juárez.[4]
- Ixchela mendozai Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico
- Ixchela mixe Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after the Mixe people.[4]
- Ixchela panchovillai Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 – Mexico. Named after Pancho Villa.[5]
- Ixchela pecki (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico
- Ixchela placida (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico
- Ixchela purepecha Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the Purépecha people.[3]
- 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 dish, typical of Oaxaca, where this species is found.
- Ixchela tzotzil Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after the Tzotzil people.[4]
- Ixchela viquezi Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Honduras
- Ixchela zapatai Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 – Mexico. Named after Emiliano Zapata.[5]