Moggridgea
Encyclopedia
Moggridgea is a genus of spider
s in the tree dwelling family, Migidae
.
The genus was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
in 1875.
The majority of the 33 species of the genus are found in southern Africa and Socotra
, with outlying and relict species in Australia
's Southwest
and Kangaroo Island
.
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...
s in the tree dwelling family, Migidae
Migidae
The 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...
.
The genus was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
The 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...
in 1875.
The majority of the 33 species of the genus are found in southern Africa and Socotra
Socotra
Socotra , also spelt Soqotra, is a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean. The largest island, also called Socotra, is about 95% of the landmass of the archipelago. It lies some east of the Horn of Africa and south of the Arabian Peninsula. The island is very isolated and through...
, with outlying and relict species in 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...
's Southwest
Southwest Australia
Southwest Australia is a biodiversity hotspot that includes the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregions of Western Australia. The region has a wet-winter, dry-summer Mediterranean climate, one of five such regions in the world...
and Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. Its closest point to the mainland is off Cape Jervis, on the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the state of South Australia. The island is long...
.
List of Moggridgea species
- Moggridgea albimaculata Hewitt, 1925 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea ampullata Griswold, 1987 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea anactenidia Griswold, 1987 (Cameroon)
- Moggridgea australis Main, 1991 (South Australia)
- Moggridgea breyeri Hewitt, 1915 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea clypeostriata Benoit, 1962 (Congo)
- Moggridgea crudeni Hewitt, 1913 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea dyeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1875 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea eremicola Griswold, 1987 (Namibia)
- Moggridgea intermedia Hewitt, 1913 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea leipoldti Purcell, 1903 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea loistata Griswold, 1987 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea microps Hewitt, 1915 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea mordax Purcell, 1903 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea nesiota Griswold, 1987 (Comoro Is.)
- Moggridgea occidua Simon, 1907 (Principe)
- Moggridgea pallida Hewitt, 1914 (Namibia)
- Moggridgea paucispina Hewitt, 1916 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea peringueyi Simon, 1903 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea pseudocrudeni Hewitt, 1919 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea purpurea Lawrence, 1928 (Namibia)
- Moggridgea pymi Hewitt, 1914 (Zimbabwe, South Africa)
- Moggridgea quercina Simon, 1903 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea rupicola Hewitt, 1913 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea rupicoloides Hewitt, 1914 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea socotra Griswold, 1987 (Socotra)
- Moggridgea tanypalpa Griswold, 1987 (Angola)
- Moggridgea teresae Griswold, 1987 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea terrestrisMoggridgea terrestrisMoggridgea terrestris is a spider species in the genus Moggridgea. It is found in South Africa....
Hewitt, 1914 (South Africa) - Moggridgea terricola Simon, 1903 (South Africa)
- Moggridgea tingleMoggridgea tingleMoggridgea tingle, also called the Tingle trapdoor spider is a small, basal spider endemic to the tingle and karri forest of southwestern Australia. This migid was first recorded in the 1990s.- Description :...
Main, 1991 (Western Australia) - Moggridgea verruculata Griswold, 1987 (Congo)
- Moggridgea whytei Pocock, 1897 (Central Africa)