The World Spider Catalog, Version 4.5
by Norman I. Platnick
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FAM. MECICOBOTHRIIDAE Holmberg, 1882

Last updated Apr. 26, 2001

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

Gen. Hexura Simon, 1884

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

mf picea Simon, 1884 *....................USA
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
H. r. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 26, f. 64-66, 68-69 (Dmf).

Gen. Hexurella Gertsch & Platnick, 1979

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

mf apachea Gertsch & Platnick, 1979....................USA
H. a. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 29, f. 81, 83-85 (Dmf).

m encina Gertsch & Platnick, 1979....................Mexico
H. e. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 30, f. 73, 75, 86-88 (Dm).

mf pinea Gertsch & Platnick, 1979 *....................USA
H. p. Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 28, f. 70-72, 74, 76-80 (Dmf).

mf rupicola Gertsch & Platnick, 1979....................USA
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

mf thorelli Holmberg, 1882 *....................Argentina, Uruguay
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).

Gen. Megahexura Kaston, 1972

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

mf fulva (Chamberlin, 1919) *....................USA
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).