Biology:Microhexura
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Microhexura | |
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| Spruce-fir moss spider (Microhexura montivaga) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Microhexuridae |
| Genus: | Microhexura Crosby & Bishop, 1925[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. montivaga[1] Crosby & Bishop, 1925
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| Species | |
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Microhexura is a genus of tiny North American spiders that was first described by C. R. Crosby & S. C. Bishop in 1925.[1][2] It is the only genus in the family Microhexuridae.[3] (As of July 2020), it contained only two species, both found in the United States : M. idahoana and M. montivaga.[1] M. montivaga occurs in the higher peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee . M. idahoana occurs farther west, in the Cascades, the Blue Mountains, and the northern Rocky Mountains.[4]
M. montivaga is considered endangered. M. idahoana is widespread in old growth from Mount Rainier southward.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gen. Microhexura Crosby & Bishop, 1925. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/814. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ Crosby, C. R.; Bishop, S. C. (1925). "Two new spiders from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.". Entomological News 36: 142–146.
- ↑ "Family: Microhexuridae Bond, Opatova & Hedin, 2020", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/134, retrieved 2020-07-15
- ↑ "Genus Microhexura". BugGuide. https://bugguide.net/node/view/1329937. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ↑ Crawford, Rod (2006). "Spider Collector's Journal (16th page: 2006)". Scarabs: The Bug Society. http://crawford.tardigrade.net/journal/Journal16.html. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
External links
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