Biology:Laestrygones (spider)
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Toxopidae |
| Genus: | Laestrygones Urquhart, 1894[1] |
| Type species | |
| L. albiceris Urquhart, 1894
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Laestrygones is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by A. T. Urquhart in 1894.[2]
Species
(As of May 2019) it contains six species from New Zealand and Tasmania:[1]
- Laestrygones albiceris Urquhart, 1894 (type) – New Zealand
- Laestrygones chathamensis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand (Chatham Is.)
- Laestrygones minutissimus (Hogg, 1909) – New Zealand (Auckland Is., Campbell Is.)
- Laestrygones otagoensis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
- Laestrygones setosus Hickman, 1969 – Australia (Tasmania)
- Laestrygones westlandicus Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Laestrygones Urquhart, 1894. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/720. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ↑ Urquhart, A. T. (1894). "Description of new species of Araneae.". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 26: 204–218.
Wikidata ☰ Q3216054 entry
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