Kukulcania
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| Kukulcania | |
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| Southern house spider (Kukulcania hibernalis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Filistatidae |
| Genus: | Kukulcania Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
| Type species | |
| Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) | |
| Species | |
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15, see text | |
Kukulcania is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2] It is named after Kukulkan, a Mesoamerican serpent deity.[3]
