Toxopidae is a small
family
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of
araneomorph spider
Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...
s, first described in 1940.
For many years it was sunk into
Desidae
Desidae is a family of spiders, some of which are known as intertidal spiders. The family is named for the genus '' Desis'', members of which inhabit the intertidal zone. The family has been reevaluated in recent years and now includes inland gen ...
as a subfamily, although doubts were expressed as to whether this was correct.
A large-scale
molecular phylogenetic
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
study in 2016 led to the family being revived.
Genera
, the
World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature.
The WSC began as a series of ...
accepts the following genera:
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Gasparia''
Marples, 1956 – New Zealand
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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
Lamina may refer to:
People
* Saa Emerson Lamina, Sierra Leonean politician
* Tamba Lamina, Sierra Leonean politician and diplomat
Science and technology
* Planar lamina, a two-dimensional planar closed surface with mass and density, in mathem ...
''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Midgee''
Davies, 1995 – Australia
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Myro''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 – Australia, New Zealand
*''
Neomyro''
Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
*''
Ommatauxesis''
Simon, 1903 – Australia
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Otagoa''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
*''
Toxops''
Hickman, 1940 – Australia
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Toxopsoides''
Forster & Wilton, 1973 – Australia, New Zealand
References
Araneomorphae families
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