Toxopidae
Appearance
Toxopidae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Toxopidae Hickman, 1940 |
Toxopidae is a small family of spiders. Although first described in 1940, for many years it was was sunk into Desidae as a subfamily, although doubts were expressed as to whether this was correct. A large-scale molecular phylogenetic study in 2016 led to the family being revived.
Genera
- Gasparia Marples, 1956
- Gohia Dalmas, 1917
- Hapona Forster, 1970
- Hulua Forster & Wilton, 1973
- Jamara Davies, 1995
- Laestrygones Urquhart, 1894
- Lamina Forster, 1970
- Midgee Davies, 1995
- Myro O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876
- Neomyro Forster & Wilton, 1973
- Ommatauxesis Simon, 1903
- Otagoa Forster, 1970
- Toxops Hickman, 1940
- Toxopsoides Forster & Wilton, 1973