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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gen. Megahexura Kaston, 1972", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-07-15
  2. ^ a b "Family Megahexuridae Hedin & Bond, 2019", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-07-15
  3. ^ "Genus Megahexura".
  4. ^ Hedin, M.; Derkarabetian, S.; Alfaro, A.; Ramírez, M. J.; Bond, J. E. (2019). "Phylogenomic analysis and revised classification of atypoid mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae), with notes on arachnid ultraconserved element loci". PeerJ. 7: e6864. doi:10.7717/peerj.6864. PMC 6501763. PMID 31110925.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megahexura
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