Migidae

Tree trapdoor spiders
Paramigas perroti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Opisthothelae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Migidae
Simon, 1892
Genera

see text

Diversity
10 genera, 91 species

Migidae is a family of spiders with about 90 species in 10 genera, known as tree trapdoor spiders. They have a Gondwanan distribution and occur almost exclusively on the Southern Hemisphere.

They are small spiders with rather little hair. They build burrows with a trapdoor. Some species live in tree fern stems.

Tree trapdoor spiders occur in South America, Africa and Australia, Madagascar, New Zealand and New Caledonia.

Genera

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan.

  • Calathotarsus Simon, 1903 (Chile, Argentina)
  • Heteromigas Hogg, 1902 (Australia)
  • Goloboffia Griswold & Ledford, 2001 (Chile)
  • Migas L. Koch, 1873 (New Zealand, Australia)
  • Poecilomigas Simon, 1903 (Africa)
  • Mallecomigas Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 (Chile)

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