''Toxops'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

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 spiders in the family Toxopidae containing the single species, ''Toxops montanus''. It was first described by

V. V. Hickman Vernon Victor Hickman (1894–1984) was an entomologist, born and resident in Tasmania, who became a leading authority on the spiders of Australia. The genus ''Hickmania'' and its formerly recognised family Hickmaniidae were named in tribute to t ...

in 1940, and has only been found in Australia. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.

References

Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Australia Toxopidae {{Toxopidae-stub