Megahexura

Megahexura is a genus of spiders with the sole species Megahexura fulva, discovered in 1919.^[2] It is the only genus in the family Megahexuridae.^[1] Native to the United States,^[2] more specifically California,^[3] the spiders build an exposed sheet web with a funnel-shaped retreat in holes and crevices along ravine banks.^[4]

Megahexura
Megahexura fulva in Sierra de Salinas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Clade:	Atypoidea
Family:	Megahexuridae Hedin & Bond, 2019[1]
Genus:	Megahexura Kaston, 1972[2]
Species:	M. fulva
Binomial name
Megahexura fulva (Chamberlin, 1919)[2]