Toxopsoides Ground Spiders

Toxopsoides Forster & Wilton, 1973

Type species: Toxopsoides huttoni Forster & Wilton, 1973

Fauna Portal Genus Number: 3088

(after Smith, 2013): From other Toxopinae genera by double row of trichobothria on metatarsi and tarsi; additionally, from Toxops by distinctly narrowed caput in dorsal view and male pedipalp with median apophysis, from Laestrygones and Hapona by chelicerae with lateral boss, by absence of denticulate ventral abdominal plate present in Laestrygones, from Hapona by apical insertion of embolus of male pedipalp.

The following combination of non-genitalic characters quickly separate Toxopsoides group species from the Cycloctenidae, Ctenidae and Zoridae—where they are most commonly misplaced in collections: eyes PLE>PME≥AME>ALE; ALE positioned ca. half way between anterior median eyes (AME) and posterior lateral eyes (PLE); at least 6 pairs of erectable ventral macrosetae on tibia one and two (rather long in females, usually shorter in males); paturon with a single anteriorly projecting macroseta from basal third; abdomen tapering posteriorly with spinnerets usually visible in dorsal view; three claws without claw tufts; abdominal setae not modified, similar in size over whole dorsum.