Toxopsiella
| Toxopsiella | |
|---|---|
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| Toxopsiella spp. seen near Te Miko, Punakaiki, West Coast | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Cycloctenidae |
| Genus: | 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
- ^ a b "Gen. Toxopsiella Forster, 1964". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ Forster, R. R. (1964). "The spider family Toxopidae (Araneae)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 16: 113–151.