Hexathelidae

Hadronyche modesta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hexatheloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Hexatheloidea

Familia: Hexathelidae
Subfamiliae (4): Atracinae - Hexathelinae - Macrothelinae - Plesiothelinae

Overview of genera (14)

Atrax – Bymainiella – Hadronyche – Hexathele – Illawarra – Macrothele – Mediothele – Paraembolides – Plesiothele – Porrhothele – Scotinoecus – Teranodes – †Alioatrax – †Rosamygale

Name

• Hexathelidae Simon, 1892

References

• Opatova, V.; Arnedo, M.A. 2014: From Gondwana to Europe: inferring the origins of Mediterranean Macrothele spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae) and the limits of the family Hexathelidae. Invertebrate systematics 28(4): 361–374. DOI: 10.1071/IS14004 Reference page. 
• Paquin, P.; Vink, C.J.; Dupérré, N. 2010: Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand. ISBN 9780478347050
• Raven, R.J. 1980: The evolution and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Hexathelidae (Araneae, Chelicerata). Journal of arachnology, 8: 251–266. [1]
• Ríos-Tamayo, D. & Goloboff, P.A. 2012. New species of Chilean Hexathelidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Zootaxa 3422: 32–51. Preview Reference page  

selected links

• The World Spider Catalog, Version 15.5

additional links

• Hexathelidae – Taxon details on Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
• Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)

Vernacular names

English: funnel-web spiders
日本語: ジョウゴグモ科
中文: 六疣蛛科

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