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 Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015 – Australia Calathotarsus Simon, 1903 – Argentina, Chile Goloboffia Griswold & Ledford, 2001 – Chile Heteromigas Hogg, 1902 – Australia Mallecomigas Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 – Chile Micromesomma Pocock, 1895 – Madagascar Migas L. Koch, 1873 – Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand Moggridgea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 – Africa, Yemen, Australia Paramigas Pocock, 1895 – Madagascar Poecilomigas Simon, 1903 – Tanzania, South Africa Thyropoeus Pocock, 1895 – Madagascar
References
Zapfe, H. (1961). La Familia Migidae en Chile. Invest. Zool. Chil. 7: 151-157
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