Megahexura

Megahexura is a genus of spiders with the sole species Megahexura fulva. It is the only genus in the family Megahexuridae. Native to the United States, the spiders build an exposed sheet web with a funnel-shaped retreat in holes and crevices along ravine banks.

Megahexura
Megahexura fulva in Sierra de Salinas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Clade: Atypoidea
Family: Megahexuridae
Hedin & Bond, 2019
Genus: Megahexura
Kaston, 1972
Species:
M. fulva
Binomial name
Megahexura fulva
(Chamberlin, 1919)
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