Family Hexurellidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Mygalomorphae (Mygalomorphs)

Family Hexurellidae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Transferred from Mecicobothriidae to Hexurellidae by Hedin et al., 2019.(1)(2)

Explanation of Names

Hedin, Derkarabetian, Alfaro, Ramírez & Bon,2019

Numbers

1 genus, 4 species.

Range

Hexurella

Hexurella apachea -

Hexurella encina -

Hexurella pinea -

Hexurella rupicola -

See Also

Dipluridae (*lack abdominal tergites)

Print References

Gertsch, W. J. & Platnick, N. I. (1979). A revision of the spider family Mecicobothriidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates 2687: 1-32. (online PDF)

Works Cited

1.	World Spider Catalog

2.	Phylogenomic analysis and revised classification of atypoid mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae), with notes on arachnid Hedin, M., Derkarabetian, S., Alfaro, A., Ramírez, M. J. & Bond, J. E. . 2019. PeerJ 7(e6864): 1-24.

Contributed by marshal hedin on 4 May, 2011 - 10:24pm
Additional contributions by Laura P.
Last updated 21 May, 2019 - 7:11am

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