Migidae

Family of spiders

Tree trapdoor spiders
Paramigas perroti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Clade: Avicularioidea
Family: Migidae
Simon, 1889
Diversity
11 genera, 103 species

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.[1] 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.[2][3]

Genera

As of April 2019[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[2]

References

  1. ^ Griswold, C. E. (1998). "The nest and male of the trap-door spider Poecilomigas basilleupi Benoit, 1962 (Araneae, Migidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 26: 142–148.
  2. ^ a b "Family: Migidae Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  3. ^ Raven, R.J. (1984). "Systematics and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Migidae (Araneae) in Australia". Aust. J. Zool. 32 (3): 379–390. doi:10.1071/ZO9840379.
  • Zapfe, H. (1961). La Familia Migidae en Chile. Invest. Zool. Chil. 7: 151-157

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Extant Araneae families
Suborder Mesothelae
  • Liphistiidae (segmented spiders)
  • Heptathelidae (segmented spiders)
Suborder Opisthothelae
Mygalomorphae
  • Actinopodidae (mouse spiders and relatives)
  • Antrodiaetidae (folding trapdoor spiders)
  • Atracidae (Australian funnel-web spiders)
  • Atypidae (atypical tarantulas or purseweb spiders)
  • Barychelidae (brushed trapdoor spiders)
  • Ctenizidae (cork-lid trapdoor spiders)
  • Cyrtaucheniidae (wafer trapdoor spiders)
  • Dipluridae (funnel-web tarantulas)
  • Euctenizidae
  • Halonoproctidae
  • Hexathelidae (funnel-webs or venomous funnel-web tarantulas)
  • Idiopidae
  • Macrothelidae
  • Mecicobothriidae (dwarf tarantulas)
  • Microstigmatidae
  • Migidae (tree trapdoor spiders)
  • Nemesiidae (funnel-web tarantulas)
  • Paratropididae (bald-legged spiders)
  • Porrhothelidae
  • Theraphosidae (true tarantulas)
Araneomorphae
Non-entelegynes
  • Archaeidae (pelican spiders)
  • Austrochilidae
  • Caponiidae
  • Diguetidae (coneweb spiders)
  • Drymusidae (false violin spiders)
  • Dysderidae (woodlouse hunters)
  • Filistatidae (crevice weaver spiders)
  • Gradungulidae (large-clawed spiders)
  • Huttoniidae
  • Hypochilidae (lampshade spiders)
  • Leptonetidae
  • Mecysmaucheniidae
  • Ochyroceratidae (midget ground weavers)
  • Oonopidae (goblin spiders)
  • Orsolobidae
  • Pacullidae
  • Palpimanidae (palp-footed spiders)
  • Periegopidae
  • Pholcidae (cellar spiders)
  • Plectreuridae
  • Scytodidae (spitting spiders)
  • Segestriidae (tube-dwelling spiders)
  • Sicariidae (violin spiders, assassin spiders)
  • Stenochilidae
  • Telemidae (long-legged cave spiders)
  • Tetrablemmidae (armored spiders)
  • Trogloraptoridae (Trogloraptor marchingtoni)
Entelegynae
Taxon identifiers
Migidae