The World Spider Catalog, Version 10.5
by Norman I. Platnick
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FAM. MECICOBOTHRIIDAE Holmberg, 1882: 160 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spiderfam:0003]

Last updated Apr. 18, 2008

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Hexuridae by Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 13.

Gen. Hexura Simon, 1884 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:00009]

Transferred to other genera:
H. fulva Chamberlin, 1919 -- see Megahexura.

mf picea Simon, 1884 *....................USA [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:000138]
H. p. Simon, 1884m: 316 (Dmf).
H. p. Simon, 1903a: 971, f. 1110-1111.
H. p. Chamberlin & Ivie, 1945a: 550, f. 3-5 (m).
H. p. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 25, f. 3, 31, 58-63, 67 (mf).

mf rothi Gertsch & Platnick, 1979....................USA [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:000139]
H. r. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 26, f. 64-66, 68-69 (Dmf).

Gen. Hexurella Gertsch & Platnick, 1979 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:00010]

H. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 27, type H. pinea Gertsch & Platnick, 1979.

mf apachea Gertsch & Platnick, 1979....................USA [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:000140]
H. a. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 29, f. 81, 83-85 (Dmf).

m encina Gertsch & Platnick, 1979....................Mexico [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:000141]
H. e. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 30, f. 73, 75, 86-88 (Dm).

mf pinea Gertsch & Platnick, 1979 *....................USA [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:000142]
H. p. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 28, f. 70-72, 74, 76-80 (Dmf).

mf rupicola Gertsch & Platnick, 1979....................USA [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:000143]
H. r. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 31, f. 4, 32, 82, 89-91 (Dmf).
H. r. Platnick & Forster, 1982: 8, f. 22.

Gen. Mecicobothrium Holmberg, 1882 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:00011]

m baccai Lucas et al., 2006....................Brazil [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:039449]
M. b. Lucas et al., 2006: 46, f. 1-14, 20, 22-25, 27-28, 30-31, 33-34, 36-38 (Dm).

mf thorelli Holmberg, 1882 *....................Argentina, Uruguay [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:000144]
M. thorellii Holmberg, 1882: 163, pl. 1, f. 1-11 (Df).
M. t. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 16, f. 1, 29, 35-50 (m, Df).
M. t. Costa & Pérez-Miles, 1998: 317, f. 10 (m).
M. t. Lucas et al., 2006: 46, f. 15-19, 21, 26, 29, 32, 35, 39 (m).
M. t. Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 162, f. 58a-g (m).

Gen. Megahexura Kaston, 1972 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:00012]

M. Kaston, 1972a: 60, type Hexura fulva Chamberlin, 1919.

mf fulva (Chamberlin, 1919) *....................USA [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:000145]
Hexura f. Chamberlin, 1919b: 1 (Df).
M. f. Kaston, 1972a: 60 (Tf from Hexura).
M. f. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 20, f. 2, 30, 51-57 (f, Dm).