Laestrygones (spider)
Genus of spiders
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Laestrygones is a genus of 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 | |
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6, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
As of May 2019[update] 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