''Myro'' is a
genus
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of
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") 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 (taran ...
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 ...
, and was first described by
O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1876.
Originally placed with the
Cybaeidae, it was moved to the
intertidal spiders in 1967,
and to the Toxopidae in 2017.
Species
it contains seven species:
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Myro jeanneli''
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, 1947 – Crozet Is.
*''
Myro kerguelenensis''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 (
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) – Kerguelen, Macquarie Is.
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Myro k. crozetensis''
Enderlein, 1903 – Crozet Is.
*''
Myro maculatus''
Simon, 1903 – Australia (Tasmania)
*''
Myro marinus''
(Goyen, 1890) – New Zealand
*''
Myro paucispinosus''
Berland, 1947 – Marion Is., Crozet Is.
*''
Myro pumilus''
Ledoux, 1991 – Crozet Is.
References
Araneomorphae genera
Toxopidae
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