Tolteca hesperia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pholcoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Haplogynae Superfamilia: Pholcoidea

Familia: Pholcidae
Subfamilia: Ninetinae
Genus: Tolteca
Species: Tolteca hesperia

Name

Tolteca hesperia (Gertsch, 1982)

Type locality: MEXICO, Sinaloa, 5 mi S of Mazatlán; ~23.20° N, 106.36° W; ~10–20 m a.s.l.

Holotype: AMNH. male ♂. 23.VII.1954. legit W.J. Gertsch.

Synonymy

• Pholcophora hesperia Gertsch, 1982: 102 (original combination)
• Tolteca hesperia (Gertsch}): Huber, 2000: 118

References

Primary references

• Gertsch, W.J. 1982a. The spider genera Pholcophora and Anopsicus (Araneae, Pholcidae) in North America, Central America and the West Indies. Association for Mexican Cave Studies Bulletin 8: 95–144. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Huber, B.A. 2000: New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1-348. Reference page. 
• Huber, B.A., Meng, G.L., Valdez-Mondragón, A., Král, J., Ávila Herrera, I.M. & Izquierdo, M.A. 2023. Short-legged daddy-long-leg spiders in North America: the genera Pholcophora and Tolteca (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 880: 1–89. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.880.2173. . Reference page.