Family: Toxopidae Hickman, 1940 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0125] Detail
In synonymy:
Stiphidiellum Dalmas, 1917 = Laestrygones Urquhart, 1894 (Forster, 1955c: 186)
Gen. Laestrygones Urquhart, 1894 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01868] Detail
type Laestrygones albiceres Urquhart, 1894; gender masculine
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.
In synonymy:
Laestrygones urquharti Bryant, 1933 = Laestrygones albiceris Urquhart, 1894 (Forster, 1964b: 87).
Laestrygones albiceris Urquhart, 1894 * | m f | New Zealand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021561]
Lycosa proxima Urquhart, 1886: 201, pl. 8, f. 7 (Dmf, preoccupied).
Laestrygones albiceres Urquhart, 1894: 217 (Df).
Laestrygones urquhartii Bryant, 1933b: 7, pl. 2, f. 18, pl. 4, f. 32, 38 (mf, replacement name for Lycosa proxima).
Laestrygones albiceres Bryant, 1933b: 7, pl. 3, f. 25, pl. 4, f. 43 (f).
Laestrygones albiceres Forster, 1964b: 87, f. 93-98 (f, S; S of L. minutissimus rejected).
Laestrygones albiceris Forster, 1970b: 122, f. 11, 339-341 (f).
Laestrygones albiceris Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 83, f. 50.17-20 (mf).
Laestrygones chathamensis Forster, 1970 | m | New Zealand (Chatham Is.)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021562]
Laestrygones chathamensis Forster, 1970b: 124, f. 346-348 (Dm).
Laestrygones minutissimus (Hogg, 1909) | f | New Zealand (Auckland Is., Campbell Is.)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021563]
Stiphidion minutissimum Hogg, 1909: 157, pl. 7, f. 1 (Df).
Stiphidiellum minutissimum Dalmas, 1917a: 325.
Laestrygones minutissimum Forster, 1955c: 186, f. 29-34 (f).
Laestrygones albiceres Forster, 1964b: 87 (S, rejected).
Laestrygones minutissimus Forster, 1970b: 124, f. 342-343, 353 (f, removed from S).
Laestrygones otagoensis Forster, 1970 | m f | New Zealand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021564]
Laestrygones otagoensis Forster, 1970b: 127, f. 334-338, 351-352 (Dmf).
Laestrygones setosus Hickman, 1969 | m f | Australia (Tasmania)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021565]
Laestrygones setosus Hickman, 1969: 1, f. 1-9 (Dmf).
Laestrygones westlandicus Forster, 1970 | f | New Zealand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021566]
Laestrygones westlandicus Forster, 1970b: 126, f. 27, 344-345, 354 (Df).
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