Biology:Toxopsiella

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Toxopsiella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cycloctenidae
Genus: Toxopsiella
Forster, 1964[1]
Type species
T. lawrencei
Forster, 1964
Species

12, see text

Toxopsiella is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1964.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains twelve species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

  • Toxopsiella alpina Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
  • Toxopsiella australis Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
  • Toxopsiella centralis Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
  • Toxopsiella dugdalei Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
  • Toxopsiella horningi Forster, 1979 – New Zealand
  • Toxopsiella lawrencei Forster, 1964 (type) – New Zealand
  • Toxopsiella medialis Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
  • Toxopsiella minuta Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
  • Toxopsiella nelsonensis Forster, 1979 – New Zealand
  • Toxopsiella orientalis Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
  • Toxopsiella parrotti Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
  • Toxopsiella perplexa Forster, 1964 – New Zealand

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Toxopsiella Forster, 1964. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/693. Retrieved 2019-05-31. 
  2. Forster, R. R. (1964). "The spider family Toxopidae (Araneae).". Annals of the Natal Museum 16: 113–151. 

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