Migidae, also known as tree trapdoor spiders, is a family of spiders with about 100 species in eleven genera.
They are small to large spiders with little to no hair and build burrows with a trapdoor. Some species live in tree fern stems.
They have a Gondwanan distribution, found almost exclusively on the Southern Hemisphere, occurring in South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia.
Genera
, this family includes eleven genera and 108 species:
- Bertmainius <small>Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015</small> â Australia
- Calathotarsus <small>Simon, 1903</small> â Argentina, Chile
- Goloboffia <small> & Ledford, 2001</small> â Chile
- Heteromigas <small>Hogg, 1902</small> â Australia
- Mallecomigas <small> & Platnick, 1987</small> â Chile
- Micromesomma <small>Pocock, 1895</small> â Madagascar
- Migas <small>L. Koch, 1873</small> â Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand
- Moggridgea <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875</small> â Africa, Yemen, Australia
- Paramigas <small>Pocock, 1895</small> â Madagascar
- Poecilomigas <small>Simon, 1903</small> â Tanzania, South Africa
- Thyropoeus <small>Pocock, 1895</small> â Madagascar
References
- Zapfe, H. (1961). La Familia Migidae en Chile. Invest. Zool. Chil. 7: 151-157
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