Toxopidae

Toxopidae
Myro kerguelenensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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  2. ^ Hickman, V. V. (1940). "The Toxopidae, a new family of spiders. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania". 1939: 125–130. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Jocqué, R. (1994). "Halidae, a new spider family from Madagascar (Araneae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 9: 281–289.
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