''Midgee'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
Australian
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their ...
spiders in the family
Toxopidae
Toxopidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders, first described in 1940. For many years it was sunk into Desidae as a subfamily, although doubts were expressed as to whether this was correct. A large-scale molecular phylogenetic study in 201 ...
, first described by
V. T. Davies in 1995.
Species
it contains nine species:
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Midgee alta''
Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland)
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Midgee bellendenker''
Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland)
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Midgee binnaburra''
Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland)
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Midgee littlei''
Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland)
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Midgee minuta''
Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland)
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Midgee monteithi''
Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland)
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Midgee parva
''Midgee'' is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae
Toxopidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders, first described in 1940. For many years it was sunk into Desidae as a subfamily, although doubts were express ...
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Davies, 1995 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Midgee pumila''
Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland)
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Midgee thompsoni''
Davies, 1995 – Australia (Queensland)
References
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
Toxopidae
Taxa named by Valerie Todd Davies
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