Toxopidae | |
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Myro kerguelenensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: |
Toxopidae Hickman, 1940 [1] |
Diversity | |
14 genera, 85 species |
Toxopidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders, first described in 1940. [2] For many years it was sunk into Desidae as a subfamily, although doubts were expressed as to whether this was correct. [3] A large-scale molecular phylogenetic study in 2016 led to the family being revived. [4]
As of April 2019 [update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: [1]
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Toxopidae | |
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Myro kerguelenensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: |
Toxopidae Hickman, 1940 [1] |
Diversity | |
14 genera, 85 species |
Toxopidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders, first described in 1940. [2] For many years it was sunk into Desidae as a subfamily, although doubts were expressed as to whether this was correct. [3] A large-scale molecular phylogenetic study in 2016 led to the family being revived. [4]
As of April 2019 [update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: [1]
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