Hexura
| Hexura | |
|---|---|
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| H. picea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Antrodiaetidae |
| Genus: | Hexura Simon, 1884[1] |
| Type species | |
| H. picea Simon, 1884
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| Species | |
Hexura is a genus of American folding trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.[2] As of September 2019[update] it contains two species, found in the United States: H. picea and H. rothi.[1] Originally placed with Mecicobothriidae,[2] it was moved to Antrodiaetidae in 2019.[3]
See also
[edit]- List of Antrodiaetidae species
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Hexura Simon, 1884". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ a b Simon, E. (1884). "Note sur le groupe des Mecicobothria". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 313–317.
- ^ Hedin, M.; et al. (2019). "Phylogenomic analysis and revised classification of atypoid mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae), with notes on arachnid ultraconserved element loci". PeerJ. 7 (e6864): 15. doi:10.7717/peerj.6864. PMC 6501763. PMID 31110925.