Hexura is a genus of American folding trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.[2] As of September 2019 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]

Hexura
H. picea
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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
Species

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Simon, E. (1884). "Note sur le groupe des Mecicobothria". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 313–317.
  3. ^ 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.