Megahexura

Megahexura is a genus of spiders with the sole species Megahexura fulva.[2] It is the only genus in the family Megahexuridae.[1] Native to the United States,[2] the spiders build an exposed sheet web with a funnel-shaped retreat in holes and crevices along ravine banks.

Megahexura
Megahexura fulva in Sierra de Salinas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Clade: Atypoidea
Family: Megahexuridae
Hedin & Bond, 2019[1]
Genus: Megahexura
Kaston, 1972[2]
Species:
M. fulva
Binomial name
Megahexura fulva

References
  1. "Family Megahexuridae Hedin & Bond, 2019", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-07-15
  2. "Gen. Megahexura Kaston, 1972", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-07-15


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