Kukulcania is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. It is named after Kukulkan, a Mesoamerican serpent deity.
Species
it contains fifteen species found in the Americas, including the United States, Peru, and Chile:
- Kukulcania arizonica <small>(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935)</small> â USA, Mexico
- Kukulcania bajacali <small>Magalhaes & RamÃÂrez, 2019</small> â Mexico
- Kukulcania benita <small>Magalhaes & RamÃÂrez, 2019</small> â Mexico (San Benito Is., Baja California)
- Kukulcania brignolii <small>(Alayón, 1981)</small> â Mexico
- Kukulcania chingona <small>Magalhaes & RamÃÂrez, 2019</small> â Mexico
- Kukulcania cochimi <small>Magalhaes & RamÃÂrez, 2019</small> â Mexico
- Kukulcania geophila <small>(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935)</small> â USA, Mexico
- Kukulcania gertschi <small>Magalhaes & RamÃÂrez, 2019</small> â Mexico
- Kukulcania hibernalis <small>(Hentz, 1842)</small> (type) â USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America
- Kukulcania hurca <small>(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942)</small> â USA, Mexico
- Kukulcania mexicana <small>Magalhaes & RamÃÂrez, 2019</small> â Mexico
- Kukulcania santosi <small>Magalhaes & RamÃÂrez, 2019</small> â Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. Probably introduced in Peru, Chile
- Kukulcania tequila <small>Magalhaes & RamÃÂrez, 2019</small> â Mexico
- Kukulcania tractans <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896)</small> â Mexico
- Kukulcania utahana <small>(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935)</small> â USA, Mexico
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