Biology:Megahexura

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Short description: Genus of the spider M. fulva

Megahexura
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Megahexura fulva in Sierra de Salinas
Scientific classification edit
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
(Chamberlin, 1919)[1]

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Gen. Megahexura Kaston, 1972", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1891, retrieved 2020-07-15 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Family Megahexuridae Hedin & Bond, 2019", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/130, retrieved 2020-07-15 

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