Hexathelidae

funnel-web spiders Temporal range: Triassic–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Hexathele hochstetteri, female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Clade:	Avicularioidea
Family:	Hexathelidae Simon, 1892
Diversity
7 genera, 47 species

Hexathelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders.^[1] It is one of a number of families and genera of spiders known as tunnelweb or funnel-web spiders. In 2018, the family was substantially reduced in size by genera being moved to three separate families: Atracidae, Macrothelidae and Porrhothelidae.