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Ommatauxesis

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Ommatauxesis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Toxopidae
Genus: Ommatauxesis
Simon, 1903[1]
Species:
O. macrops
Binomial name
Ommatauxesis macrops
Simon, 1903

Ommatauxesis is a monotypic genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae containing the single species, Ommatauxesis macrops. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1903,[2] and has only been found in Australia.[1] Originally placed with the Cybaeidae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1967,[3][4] and to the Toxopidae in 2017.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Ommatauxesis Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1903). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 47: 21–39. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.25299.
  3. ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 254.
  4. ^ Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 69.
  5. ^ Wheeler, W. C.; et al. (2017). "The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling". Cladistics. 33 (6): 609. doi:10.1111/cla.12182. PMID 34724759. S2CID 35535038.