Mexitlia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Dictynidae |
Genus: | Mexitlia Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
Type species | |
M. trivittata (Banks, 1901)
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Species | |
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Mexitlia is a genus of North American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2] As of May 2019[update] it contains only three species: M. altima, M. grandis, and M. trivittata.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Mexitlia Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
External links
[edit]- "Mexitlia" at the Encyclopedia of Life