Moggridgea

Moggridgea is a genus of spiders belonging to the tree-dwelling family, Migidae. The genus was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1875 and is named after the naturalist John Traherne Moggridge.

The majority of the species of the genus are found in southern Africa and Socotra, with the outlying species Moggridgea rainbowi endemic to Kangaroo Island in Australia.

Species

, this genus includes 32 species:

• Moggridgea albimaculata <small>Hewitt, 1925</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea ampullata <small>, 1987</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea anactenidia <small>Griswold, 1987</small> – Cameroon
• Moggridgea breyeri <small>Hewitt, 1915</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea clypeostriata <small>, 1962</small> – DR Congo
• Moggridgea crudeni <small>Hewitt, 1913</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea dyeri <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875</small> – South Africa (type species)
• Moggridgea eremicola <small>Griswold, 1987</small> – Namibia
• Moggridgea intermedia <small>Hewitt, 1913</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea leipoldti <small>Purcell, 1903</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea loistata <small>Griswold, 1987</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea microps <small>Hewitt, 1915</small> – South Africa, Eswatini
• Moggridgea mordax <small>Purcell, 1903</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea nesiota <small>Griswold, 1987</small> – Comoros
• Moggridgea occidua <small>Simon, 1907</small> – São Tomé and Príncipe
• Moggridgea pallida <small>Hewitt, 1914</small> – Namibia
• Moggridgea paucispina <small>Hewitt, 1916</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea peringueyi <small>Simon, 1903</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea pseudocrudeni <small>Hewitt, 1919</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea purpurea <small>Lawrence, 1928</small> – Namibia
• Moggridgea pymi <small>Hewitt, 1914</small> – Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Moggridgea quercina <small>Simon, 1903</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea rainbowi <small>(Pulleine, 1919)</small> – Australia (South Australia)
• Moggridgea rupicola <small>Hewitt, 1913</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea rupicoloides <small>Hewitt, 1914</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea socotra <small>Griswold, 1987</small> – Yemen (Socotra)
• Moggridgea tanypalpa <small>Griswold, 1987</small> – Angola
• Moggridgea teresae <small>Griswold, 1987</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea terrestris <small>Hewitt, 1914</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea terricola <small>Simon, 1903</small> – South Africa
• Moggridgea verruculata <small>Griswold, 1987</small> – Congo
• Moggridgea whytei <small>Pocock, 1897</small> – Central Africa

References

• Main, B.Y. 1991. Occurrence of the trapdoor spider genus Moggridgea in Australia with descriptions of two new species (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Migidae). Journal of Natural History 25: 383-397 [385].

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