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 JocquƩ, 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. Toxops Hickman, 1940 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01890
N.B.: transferred from the Desidae to the Toxopidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 608.
Toxops montanus Hickman, 1940 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021630
Toxops montanus Hickman, 1940: 126, pl. 1-5, f. 1-40 (Dmf) Original description
Toxops montanus Forster, 1970b: 111, f. 10, 28, 299-301 (f)

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