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, discovered in 1919. [1] It is the only genus in the family Megahexuridae. [2] Native to the United States, [1] more specifically California, [3] the spiders build an exposed sheet web with a funnel-shaped retreat in holes and crevices along ravine banks. [4]
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
|
Binomial name | |
Megahexura fulva (
Chamberlin, 1919)
[1]
|
Megahexura is a genus of spiders with the sole species Megahexura fulva, discovered in 1919. [1] It is the only genus in the family Megahexuridae. [2] Native to the United States, [1] more specifically California, [3] the spiders build an exposed sheet web with a funnel-shaped retreat in holes and crevices along ravine banks. [4]