Megahexura
| Megahexura | |
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| Megahexura fulva in Sierra de Salinas | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Megahexura fulva (Chamberlin, 1919)[1]
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Megahexura is a genus of spiders with the sole species Megahexura fulva.[1] It is the only genus in the family Megahexuridae.[2] Native to the United States,[1] the spiders build an exposed sheet web with a funnel-shaped retreat in holes and crevices along ravine banks.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c d "Gen. Megahexura Kaston, 1972", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-07-15
- ^ a b "Family Megahexuridae Hedin & Bond, 2019", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-07-15