Laestrygones

Laestrygones is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by A. T. Urquhart in 1894.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains six species from New Zealand and Tasmania:^[1]

• Laestrygones albiceris Urquhart, 1894 (type) – New Zealand
• Laestrygones chathamensis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand (Chatham Is.)
• Laestrygones minutissimus (Hogg, 1909) – New Zealand (Auckland Is., Campbell Is.)
• Laestrygones otagoensis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Laestrygones setosus Hickman, 1969 – Australia (Tasmania)
• Laestrygones westlandicus Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

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