Mexitlia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae |
| Genus: | Mexitlia Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
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(Banks, 1901)
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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 it contains only three species: M. altima, M. grandis, and M. trivittata.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: 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[]
- "Mexitlia" at the Encyclopedia of Life
Categories:
- Araneomorphae genera
- Dictynidae
- Spiders of Mexico
- Spiders of the United States
- Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen
- Dictynidae stubs