Biology:Megahexura

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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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Megahexura Kaston, 1972", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1891, retrieved 2020-07-15 
  2. "Family Megahexuridae Hedin & Bond, 2019", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/130, retrieved 2020-07-15 
  3. "Genus Megahexura". https://bugguide.net/node/view/511958. 
  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. doi:10.7717/peerj.6864. PMID 31110925. 

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