Megahexura

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[2]
Genus: Megahexura
Kaston, 1972[1]
Species:
M. fulva
Binomial name
Megahexura fulva

Megahexura is a genus of spiders with the sole species Megahexura fulva, discovered in 1919.[1] It is the only genus in the family Megahexuridae.[2] Native to the United States,[1] more specifically California,[3] the spiders build an exposed sheet web with a funnel-shaped retreat in holes and crevices along ravine banks.[4]

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  3. ^ "Genus Megahexura".
  4. ^ Hedin, M.; Derkarabetian, S.; Alfaro, A.; Ramírez, M. J.; Bond, J. E. (2019). "Phylogenomic analysis and revised classification of atypoid mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae), with notes on arachnid ultraconserved element loci". PeerJ. 7: e6864. doi:10.7717/peerj.6864. PMC 6501763. PMID 31110925.