Megahexura
Appearance
Megahexura | |
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Megahexura fulva in Sierra de Salinas | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
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