Family DESIDAE Pocock, 1895
Compiler and date details
2012 - Updated by Dr Robert Raven, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, with families by Dr Barbara Baehr, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, and Dr Helen Smith, Australian Museum, Sydney, as indicated for each of these.
Introduction
Presently, this is a very heterogenus group including the marine or intertidal spider genus Desis, a genus with a very little modified morphology but also includes the genera Laestrygones and Toxops which have very strongly modified eyes
Diagnosis
Desids are one of the most heterogeneous spider families. Three subfamilies, Ixeuticinae, Desinae, and Matachiinae, and the unplaced Pitonga are here recognised. . All desids have 3 claws, may be cribellate or not, and may have two more or less slightly curved rows or the posterior row strongly recurved.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2014 | DESIDAE Pocock, 1895 | 04-Jun-2014 | REVIEWED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 15-Oct-2020 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |