Toxopidae

Toxopidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders, first described in 1940. For many years it was sunk into Desidae as a subfamily, although doubts were expressed as to whether this was correct. A large-scale molecular phylogenetic study in 2016 led to the family being revived.

==Genera== , this family includes fourteen genera and 82 species: Gasparia Marples, 1956 – New Zealand Gohia Dalmas, 1917 – New Zealand Hapona Forster, 1970 – New Zealand Hulua Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand Jamara Davies, 1995 – Australia Laestrygones Urquhart, 1894 – Australia, New Zealand Lamina Forster, 1970 – New Zealand Midgee Davies, 1995 – Australia Myro O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 – Australia, New Zealand, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Macquarie Islands, Marion Islands Neomyro Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand Ommatauxesis Simon, 1903 – Australia Otagoa Forster, 1970 – New Zealand Toxops Hickman, 1940 – Australia Toxopsoides Forster & Wilton, 1973 – Australia, New Zealand