Migidae
Encyclopedia
The tree trapdoor spiders (Migidae) are a spider
family with about 90 species in 10 genera.
These small spiders are not hairy.
They build burrows with a trapdoor. Some species live in tree fern stems.
, Africa
and Australia
, Madagascar
, New Zealand
and New Caledonia
.
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
family with about 90 species in 10 genera.
These small spiders are not hairy.
They build burrows with a trapdoor. Some species live in tree fern stems.
Distribution
Tree trapdoor spiders occur in South AmericaSouth America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
.
Genera
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan.http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Migidae.txt- Calathotarsinae Simon, 1903
- Calathotarsus Simon, 1903 (Chile, Argentina)
- Heteromigas Hogg, 1902 (Australia)
- Miginae Simon, 1892
- Goloboffia Griswold & Ledford, 2001 (Chile)
- Migas L. Koch, 1873 (New Zealand, Australia)
- Poecilomigas Simon, 1903 (Africa)
- Paramiginae Petrunkevitch, 1939
- Micromesomma PocockReginald Innes PocockReginald Innes Pocock F.R.S. was a British zoologist.Pocock was born in Clifton, Bristol, the fourth son of Rev. Nicholas Pocock and Edith Prichard. He began showing interest in natural history at St. Edward's School, Oxford. He received tutoring in zoology from Sir Edward Poulton, and was allowed...
, 1895 (Madagascar) - MoggridgeaMoggridgeaMoggridgea is a genus of spiders in the tree dwelling family, Migidae.The genus was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1875....
O. P-CambridgeOctavius Pickard-CambridgeThe Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS was an English clergyman and zoologist.Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth rectory, Dorset, the fifth son of Revd George Pickard, rector and squire of Bloxworth: the family changed their name to Pickard-Cambridge in 1848...
, 1875 (Africa) - Paramigas PocockReginald Innes PocockReginald Innes Pocock F.R.S. was a British zoologist.Pocock was born in Clifton, Bristol, the fourth son of Rev. Nicholas Pocock and Edith Prichard. He began showing interest in natural history at St. Edward's School, Oxford. He received tutoring in zoology from Sir Edward Poulton, and was allowed...
, 1895 (Madagascar) - Thyropoeus Pocock, 1895 (Madagascar)
- incertae sedisIncertae sedis, is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...
- Mallecomigas Goloboff & PlatnickNorman I. PlatnickNorman I. Platnick is an American arachnologist, and the Peter J. Solomon Family Curator of the invertebrate zoology department of the American Museum of Natural History. A 1973 Ph.D...
, 1987 (Chile)