World Spider Catalog

Toxopidae Hickman, 1940

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: separation of Toxopidae from Desidae (genera Gasparia, Gohia, Hapona, Hulua, Laestrygones, Lamina, Myro, Neomyro, Ommatauxesis, Otagoa and Toxops) by Wheeler et al., 2017: 608-609; for former comments on the status of Toxops and related taxa see Jocqué, 1994b: 283; Toxopidae is divided in two subfamilies (Wheeler et al., 2017: 609): Toxopinae (Hapona, Jamara, Laestrygones, Lamina, Midgee, Toxops and Toxopsoides) and Myroinae (Gasparia, Gohia, Hulua, Neomyro, Myro, Ommatauxesis and Otagoa); Midgeeinae Davies, 1995 (Midgee and Jamara) are transferred from the Amaurobiidae and synonymized with Toxopinae; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 515

Gen. Gohia Dalmas, 1917 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01863

type Rubrius falxiatus Hogg, 1909; gender feminine

N.B.: previously placed in the Argyronetidae/Cybaeidae, transferred to the Desidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 236 and Forster, 1970b: 80 and to the Toxopidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 609.

Transferred to other genera:

Gohia antarctica Berland, 1931 -- see Huara

In synonymy:

Gohia enderbyensis Forster, 1964 = Gohia falxiata (Hogg, 1909) (Forster, 1970b: 81, sub G. falcata)

Gohia wenhami (Forster, 1955) = Gohia falxiata (Hogg, 1909) (Forster, 1970b: 81, sub G. falcata)

Gohia clarki Forster, 1964 | | New Zealand (Campbell Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021529

Gohia clarki Forster, 1964b: 78, f. 51-54, 63 (Dmf) Original description

Gohia clarki Forster, 1970b: 81, f. 9, 155, 180, 195, 202-203 (mf)

Gohia falxiata (Hogg, 1909) | | New Zealand (Auckland Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021530 TYPE SPECIES

Rubrius falxiatus Hogg, 1909: 170, pl. 8, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Gohia falcata Dalmas, 1917a: 403

Gohia falxiata Forster, 1955c: 175, f. 8-10 (m)

Chiracanthium wenhami Forster, 1955c: 181, f. 19-23 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056283]

Gohia falxiata Forster, 1964b: 76, f. 47-50, 64 (m, Df)

Gohia enderbyensis Forster, 1964b: 79, f. 55-57, 65 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056282]

Gohia wenhami Forster, 1964b: 80, f. 58-62 (mf, T from Cheiracanthium)

Gohia falcata Forster, 1970b: 81, f. 156, 181, 192-193, 200-201 (mf, S of Gohia enderbyensis and G. wenhami )

Gohia isolata Forster, 1970 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021531

Gohia isolata Forster, 1970b: 83, f. 154, 197-199 (Dmf) Original description

Gohia parisolata Forster, 1970 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021532

Gohia parisolata Forster, 1970b: 82, f. 157, 204-205 (Dm) Original description