''Myro'' is a

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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 cl ...

spiders in the family

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, and was first described by

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in 1876. Originally placed with the

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, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1967, and to the Toxopidae in 2017.

Species

it contains seven species: *'' Myro jeanneli''

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, 1947 – Crozet Is. *'' Myro kerguelenensis'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 ( type) – Kerguelen, Macquarie Is. **'' Myro k. crozetensis'' Enderlein, 1903 – Crozet Is. *'' Myro maculatus''

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, 1903 – Australia (Tasmania) *'' Myro marinus'' (Goyen, 1890) – New Zealand *'' Myro paucispinosus'' Berland, 1947 – Marion Is., Crozet Is. *'' Myro pumilus'' Ledoux, 1991 – Crozet Is.

References

Araneomorphae genera Toxopidae {{Toxopidae-stub