Family: MECICOBOTHRIIDAE Holmberg, 1882

mecicobothriid spiders

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Family Name Authority

Holmberg, E. L. 1882. Observations à propos du sous-ordre des araignées territélaires (Territelariae), spécialement du genre nordaméricain Catadysas Hentz et de la sous-famille Mecicobothrioidae, Holmberg. Bol. Acad. nac. Arg. Cordoba 4: 153-174.

Diagnosis

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Characters

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Distribution

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Natural History

Feeding Guild:^† (Not recorded or unknown)

(General natural history not yet recorded or unknown)

^†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.

Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness

Number of Nearctic Species: 6 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)

Nearctic/Palearctic Genera

#	Genus	Ref.	Common Name
1	Hexura Simon, 1884

2	Hexurella Gertsch & Platnick, 1979

3	Megahexura Kaston, 1972

Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images

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