Megahexura

Megahexura
Megahexura fulva in Sierra de Salinas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Mygalomorphae
Family:Mecicobothriidae
Genus:Megahexura
Kaston, 1972[1]
Species: M. fulva
Binomial name
Megahexura fulva

Megahexura is a genus of spiders in the family Mecicobothriidae, with the sole species Megahexura fulva.[1] 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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Megahexura Kaston, 1972", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-25
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