Laestrygones (spider)

Laestrygones is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by A. T. Urquhart in 1894.[2]

Laestrygones
Scientific classification
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
Species

6, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Stiphidiellum Dalmas, 1917

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
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References

  1. "Gen. Laestrygones Urquhart, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. Urquhart, A. T. (1894). "Description of new species of Araneae". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 26: 204–218.


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