Toxops
Sign in to saveToxops is a monotypic genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae containing the single species, Toxops montanus. It was first described by V. V. Hickman in 1940, and has only been found in Australia. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 36
- Family
- Toxopidae
- Collections
- CASC, AM, QM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Toxops
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Hickman, 1940
- taxonomic type
- Toxops montanus
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Toxops is a monotypic genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae containing the single species, Toxops montanus. It was first described by V. V. Hickman in 1940, and has only been found in Australia. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
==References==
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