''Hexurella'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
spider
Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...
s, found in the United States and
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
.
[ It is the only genus in the family Hexurellidae.][
]
Species
, the World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature.
The WSC began as a series of ...
accepted the following species:[
*'' Hexurella apachea'' Gertsch & Platnick, 1979 – US
*'' Hexurella encina'' Gertsch & Platnick, 1979 – Mexico
*'' Hexurella pinea'' Gertsch & Platnick, 1979 (]type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
) – US
*'' Hexurella rupicola'' Gertsch & Platnick, 1979 – US
References
Mygalomorphae genera
Atypoidea
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