Toxopidae Explained

Toxopidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders, first described in 1940.^[1] For many years it was sunk into Desidae as a subfamily, although doubts were expressed as to whether this was correct.^[2] A large-scale molecular phylogenetic study in 2016 led to the family being revived.

Genera

See main article: List of Toxopidae species., the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:^[3]

• Gasparia Marples, 1956 – New Zealand
• Gohia Dalmas, 1917 – New Zealand
• Hapona Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Hulua Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Jamara Davies, 1995 – Australia
• Laestrygones Urquhart, 1894 – New Zealand, Australia
• Lamina Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Midgee Davies, 1995 – Australia
• Myro O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 – Australia, New Zealand
• Neomyro Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Ommatauxesis Simon, 1903 – Australia
• Otagoa Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Toxops Hickman, 1940 – Australia
• Toxopsoides Forster & Wilton, 1973 – Australia, New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Hickman. V. V.. 1940. The Toxopidae, a new family of spiders. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1939. 125–130.
2. Jocqué . R. . 1994 . Halidae, a new spider family from Madagascar (Araneae) . Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society . 9 . 281–289.
3. Web site: Family: Toxopidae Hickman, 1940. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-26. Natural History Museum Bern.