Megahexura

Megahexura
Megahexura fulva in Sierra de Salinas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Mecicobothriidae
Genus: Megahexura
Kaston, 1972[1]
Species: M. fulva
Binomial name
Megahexura fulva
(Chamberlin, 1919)[1]

Megahexura is a genus of spider 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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