Ixchela

Ixchela is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.

==Species== it contains twenty-two species, found in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico: Ixchela abernathyi (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico Ixchela azteca Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the Aztec people. Ixchela franckei Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico Ixchela furcula (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) (type) – Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador Ixchela grix Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico Ixchela huasteca Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after La Huasteca, where this species is found. Ixchela huberi Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico Ixchela jalisco Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the state of Jalisco, where this species is found. Ixchela juarezi Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after Benito Juárez. Ixchela mendozai Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico Ixchela mixe Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after the Mixe people. Ixchela panchovillai Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 – Mexico. Named after Pancho Villa. Ixchela pecki (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico Ixchela placida (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico Ixchela purepecha Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the Purépecha people. Ixchela santibanezi Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico Ixchela simoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico Ixchela taxco Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico Ixchela tlayuda Valdez-Mondragón & Francke, 2015 – Mexico. Named after the tlayuda dish, typical of Oaxaca, where this species is found. Ixchela tzotzil Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Mexico. Named after the Tzotzil people. Ixchela viquezi Valdez-Mondragón, 2013 – Honduras Ixchela zapatai Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 – Mexico. Named after Emiliano Zapata.