Hexathele
Sign in to saveHexathele is a genus of tunnelweb spiders endemic to New Zealand that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871, though most others have been described by Raymond Robert Forster. Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Hexathelidae in 1980.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyHexathelidae
Observations recorded141
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Hexathelidae
- Collections
- MCZ, QM
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hexathelidae
- Image
- Hexathele hochstetteri, banded tunnelweb spider.JPG
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- taxon name
- Hexathele
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Hexathele
- topic's main category
- Category:Hexathele
- endemic to
- New Zealand
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