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 <small>(Gertsch, 1971)</small> â Mexico
- Ixchela azteca <small>Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015</small> â Mexico. Named after the Aztec people.
- Ixchela franckei <small>Valdez-Mondragón, 2013</small> â Mexico
- Ixchela furcula <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)</small> (type) â Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
- Ixchela grix <small>Valdez-Mondragón, 2013</small> â Mexico
- Ixchela huasteca <small>Valdez-Mondragón, 2013</small> â Mexico. Named after La Huasteca, where this species is found.
- Ixchela huberi <small>Valdez-Mondragón, 2013</small> â Mexico
- Ixchela jalisco <small>Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015</small> â Mexico. Named after the state of Jalisco, where this species is found.
- Ixchela juarezi <small>Valdez-Mondragón, 2013</small> â Mexico. Named after Benito Juárez.
- Ixchela mendozai <small>Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015</small> â Mexico
- Ixchela mixe <small>Valdez-Mondragón, 2013</small> â Mexico. Named after the Mixe people.
- Ixchela panchovillai <small>Valdez-Mondragón, 2020</small> â Mexico. Named after Pancho Villa.
- Ixchela pecki <small>(Gertsch, 1971)</small> â Mexico
- Ixchela placida <small>(Gertsch, 1971)</small> â Mexico
- Ixchela purepecha <small>Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015</small> â Mexico. Named after the Purépecha people.
- Ixchela santibanezi <small>Valdez-Mondragón, 2013</small> â Mexico
- Ixchela simoni <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898)</small> â Mexico
- Ixchela taxco <small>Valdez-Mondragón, 2013</small> â Mexico
- Ixchela tlayuda <small>Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015</small> â Mexico. Named after the tlayuda dish, typical of Oaxaca, where this species is found.
- Ixchela tzotzil <small>Valdez-Mondragón, 2013</small> â Mexico. Named after the Tzotzil people.
- Ixchela viquezi <small>Valdez-Mondragón, 2013</small> â Honduras
- Ixchela zapatai <small>Valdez-Mondragón, 2020</small> â Mexico. Named after Emiliano Zapata.
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