''Toxops'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of
Australia
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n
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 ...
containing the single species, ''Toxops montanus''. It was first described by
V. V. Hickman in 1940,
and has only been found in
Australia
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.
Originally placed with the
intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
References
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
Toxopidae
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