Banded Tunnelweb Spiders
Hexathele
Hexathele 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.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hexathele hochstetteri
speciesHexathele hochstetteri
Hexathele petriei
speciesHexathele petriei
Hexathele kohua
speciesHexathele kohua
Hexathele nigra
speciesHexathele nigra
Hexathele rupicola
speciesHexathele rupicola
Hexathele otira
speciesHexathele otira
Hexathele waipa
speciesHexathele waipa
Hexathele cantuaria
speciesHexathele cantuaria
Hexathele exemplar
speciesHexathele exemplar
Hexathele huka
speciesHexathele huka
Hexathele maitaia
speciesHexathele maitaia
Hexathele para
speciesHexathele para
Hexathele pukea
speciesHexathele pukea
Hexathele putuna
speciesHexathele putuna
Hexathele ramsayi
speciesHexathele ramsayi
Hexathele taumara
speciesHexathele taumara
Hexathele waita
speciesHexathele waita
Hexathele wiltoni
speciesHexathele wiltoni
Hexathele cavernicola
speciesHexathele cavernicola
Hexathele huttoni
speciesHexathele huttoni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 376595.