Tolteca

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Tolteca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Tolteca
Huber, 2000 [1]
Type species
T. hesperia
(Gertsch, 1982)
Species

6, see text

Tolteca is a genus of Mexican cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000. [2]

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Species

As of July 2023 it contains six species, found in Mexico: [1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Tolteca Huber, 2000". World Spider Catalog Version 24. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  2. Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 1–348. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/1601.