Laestrygones (spider)

Laestrygones
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Toxopidae
Genus:	Laestrygones ; Urquhart, 1894
Type species
	L. albiceris ; Urquhart, 1894
Species
	6, see text
Synonyms
	StiphidiellumDalmas, 1917;

Last updated December 22, 2025

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

Species

As of May 2019^[update] 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

References

1 2 3 "Gen. Laestrygones Urquhart, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-05-31.
↑ Urquhart, A. T. (1894). "Description of new species of Araneae". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 26: 204–218.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 3 "Gen. Laestrygones Urquhart, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-05-31.

[Urqu1894-2] Urquhart, A. T. (1894). "Description of new species of Araneae". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 26: 204–218.

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