Migas (spider)

Migas is a genus of spiders in the family Migidae. Most species are found only in New Zealand.[1]

Migas
Female holotype specimen of Migas insularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Migidae
Genus: Migas
L. Koch, 1873[1]
Diversity[1]
34 species

Taxonomy

The genus Migas was erected by Ludwig Koch in 1873, for the species Migas paradoxus.[1][2] Of the 34 species accepted as of October 2017, 26 were described by C. L. Wilton in 1968, all from New Zealand.[1] Many of the species are very similar in external appearance, being distinguished by the internal structure of the female genitalia.[3]

Species

As of October 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species:[1]

  • Migas affinis Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia
  • Migas australis Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas borealis Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas cambridgei Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas cantuarius Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas centralis Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas cumberi Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas distinctus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 – New Zealand
  • Migas gatenbyi Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas giveni Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas goyeni Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas hesperus Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas hollowayi Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas insularis Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas kirki Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas kochi Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas linburnensis Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas lomasi Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas marplesi Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas minor Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas nitens Hickman, 1927 – Australia (Tasmania)
  • Migas otari Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas paradoxus L. Koch, 1873 (type species) – New Zealand
  • Migas plomleyi Raven & Churchill, 1989 – Australia (Tasmania)
  • Migas quintus Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas sandageri Goyen, 1890 – New Zealand
  • Migas saxatilis Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas secundus Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas solitarius Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas taierii Todd, 1945 – New Zealand
  • Migas tasmani Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas toddae Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas tuhoe Wilton, 1968 – New Zealand
  • Migas variapalpus Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)

References
  1. "Gen. Migas L. Koch, 1873", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-10-13
  2. Koch, L. (1873) [title page 1871], "Migas nov. genus", Die Arachniden Australiens, Vol. 1, Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe, pp. 467–469
  3. Wilton, C.L. (1968), "The spiders of New Zealand. Part II. Migidae", Otago Museum Bulletin, 2: 73–126
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