Ixchela is a genus of spiders that belongs to the family Pholcidae (cellar spiders). Members of this genus can be found in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.
Taxonomy The genus was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000 with the type species being Ixchela furcula.
Species this genus contains 22 described species. They are listed below: Ixchela abernathyi (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico Ixchela azteca Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the Aztec people. 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. 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. Ixchela mendozai Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico Ixchela mixe Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after the Mixe people. Ixchela panchovillai Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 – Mexico. Named after Pancho Villa. 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 dish, typical of Oaxaca, where this species is found. Ixchela tzotzil Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after the Tzotzil people. Ixchela viquezi Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Honduras Ixchela zapatai Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 – Mexico. Named after Emiliano Zapata.
See also List of Pholcidae species
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