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Laestrygones (spider)

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Laestrygones
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Species

6, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Stiphidiellum Dalmas, 1917

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

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As of May 2019 it contains six species from New Zealand and Tasmania:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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.