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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.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyFilistatidae

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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 (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) – USA, Mexico Kukulcania bajacali Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico Kukulcania benita Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico (San Benito Is., Baja California) Kukulcania brignolii (Alayón, 1981) – Mexico Kukulcania chingona Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico Kukulcania cochimi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico Kukulcania geophila (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) – USA, Mexico Kukulcania gertschi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) (type) – USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America Kukulcania hurca (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942) – USA, Mexico Kukulcania mexicana Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico Kukulcania santosi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. Probably introduced in Peru, Chile Kukulcania tequila Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 – Mexico Kukulcania tractans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico Kukulcania utahana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) – USA, Mexico

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