Toxopsiella Explained

Toxopsiella is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1964.^[1]

Species

it contains twelve species, all found in New Zealand:^[2]

• Toxopsiella alpina Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Toxopsiella australis Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Toxopsiella centralis Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Toxopsiella dugdalei Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Toxopsiella horningi Forster, 1979 – New Zealand
• Toxopsiella lawrencei Forster, 1964 (type) – New Zealand
• Toxopsiella medialis Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Toxopsiella minuta Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Toxopsiella nelsonensis Forster, 1979 – New Zealand
• Toxopsiella orientalis Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Toxopsiella parrotti Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Toxopsiella perplexa Forster, 1964 – New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Forster. R. R.. 1964. The spider family Toxopidae (Araneae).. Annals of the Natal Museum. 113–151. 16.
2. Gen. Toxopsiella Forster, 1964. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-31. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.