Laestrygones (spider)

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

Species

it contains six species from New Zealand and Tasmania:

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

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