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Hexura rothi

species of arachnid

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ2393799 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hexura rothi is a species of spider. It was described by Gertsch & Platnick, 1979 — USA. Originally placed with Mecicobothriidae, it was moved to Antrodiaetidae in 2019.

It has two pairs of spinnerets unlike Hexura picea which has three pairs. It is found in the southern Central Oregon Coast Ranges through the Klamath Mountains into Del Norte, California.

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The public source identifies “Hexura rothi” as species of arachnid. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hexura, rothi and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 2019—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hexura, rothi and species providing the first useful test.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2393799. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1979 and 2019.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hexura rothi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.