Laestrygones Urquhart, 1894

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: the generic name appears grammatically to be a plural noun, but in the interests of stability it should be regarded as an arbitary combination of letters and as masculine singular; transferred from the Oxyopidae to the Toxopidae by Forster, 1964a: 147, to the Desidae by Forster, 1970b: 121; transfer to the Cycloctenidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; transferred from the Desidae to the Toxopidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 609; considered a senior synonym of Stiphidiellum Dalmas, 1917a: 325 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05042] (type Stiphidion minutissimum Hogg, 1909) (transferred from the Psechridae) by Forster, 1955c: 186.

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01868

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Last updated: 2023-05-16

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 6

SYNONYM: 1

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Urquhart, 1894: 216 type Laestrygones albiceres Urquhart, 1894; gender masculine
Reference

Urquhart, A. T. (1894). Description of new species of Araneae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 26(1893): 204-218. -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2023-05-16 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-04-25 Nota bene edited Old value
2017-11-14 Nota bene edited Old value
2017-11-14 Genus transferred to other family Wheeler et al., 2017 Laestrygones Urquhart, 1894 transferred to Toxopidae
2016-10-05 Nota bene edited Old value

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