Migidae
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
Genera
, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:
- Bertmainius Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015 — Australia
- Calathotarsus Simon, 1903 — Chile, Argentina
- Goloboffia Griswold & Ledford, 2001 — Chile
- Heteromigas Hogg, 1902 — Australia
- Mallecomigas Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 — Chile
- Micromesomma Pocock, 1895 — Madagascar
- Migas L. Koch, 1873 — New Zealand, Australia
- Moggridgea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 — Africa, Australia, Yemen
- Paramigas Pocock, 1895 — Madagascar
- Poecilomigas Simon, 1903 — South Africa, Tanzania
- Thyropoeus Pocock, 1895 — Madagascar
