''Midgee'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of Australian

araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...

spiders in the family

Toxopidae Toxopidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders, first described in 1940. For many years it was sunk into Desidae as a subfamily, although doubts were expressed as to whether this was correct. A large-scale molecular phylogenetic study in 201 ...

, first described by

V. T. Davies Valerie Todd Davies (born 29 September 1920 in Makirikiri, near Wanganui, New Zealand, died 29 October 2012 in Brisbane, Queensland) was an arachnologist who described many species of spider. Early life Valerie Ethel Todd (later Valerie Davi ...

in 1995.

Species

it contains nine species: *'' Midgee alta'' Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Midgee bellendenker'' Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Midgee binnaburra'' Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland) *''

Midgee littlei ''Midgee'' is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, first described by V. T. Davies in 1995. Species it contains nine species: *'' Midgee alta'' Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Midgee bellendenker'' Da ...

'' Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Midgee minuta'' Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland) *''

Midgee monteithi ''Midgee'' is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, first described by V. T. Davies Valerie Todd Davies (born 29 September 1920 in Makirikiri, near Wanganui, New Zealand, died 29 October 2012 in Brisbane, Queens ...

'' Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Midgee parva'' Davies, 1995 – Australia (New South Wales) *''

Midgee pumila ''Midgee'' is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, first described by V. T. Davies in 1995. Species it contains nine species: *'' Midgee alta'' Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Midgee bellendenker'' Da ...

'' Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland) *''

Midgee thompsoni ''Midgee'' is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, first described by V. T. Davies in 1995. Species it contains nine species: *'' Midgee alta'' Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Midgee bellendenker'' Da ...

'' Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland)

References

Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Australia Toxopidae Taxa named by Valerie Todd Davies {{Toxopidae-stub