Migoidea
Encyclopedia
The Migoidea are a superfamily
of mygalomorph
spiders. They contain two families
of spiders:
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
of mygalomorph
Mygalomorphae
The Mygalomorphae, , are an infraorder of spiders. The latter name comes from the orientation of the fangs which point straight down and do not cross each other .-Description:...
spiders. They contain two families
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of spiders:
- MigidaeMigidaeThe tree trapdoor spiders are a spider family with about 90 species in 10 genera.These small spiders are not hairy.They build burrows with a trapdoor...
- ActinopodidaeActinopodidaeThe spider family Actinopodidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders found in Australia, South America, and Central America. It includes the Australian genus Missulena, known as the mouse spiders, which are quite venomous.-Genera:...