- Migidae
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Tree trapdoor spiders Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Mygalomorphae Superfamily: Migoidea Family: Migidae
Simon, 1892Genera see text
Diversity 10 genera, 91 species 
The tree trapdoor spiders (Migidae) are a spider family with about 90 species in 10 genera.
These small spiders are not hairy.
They build burrows with a trapdoor. Some species live in tree fern stems.
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Distribution
Tree trapdoor spiders occur in South America, Africa and Australia, Madagascar, New Zealand and New Caledonia.
Genera
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan.[1]
- Calathotarsinae Simon, 1903
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- Calathotarsus Simon, 1903 (Chile, Argentina)
- Heteromigas Hogg, 1902 (Australia)
- Miginae Simon, 1892
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- Goloboffia Griswold & Ledford, 2001 (Chile)
- Migas L. Koch, 1873 (New Zealand, Australia)
- Poecilomigas Simon, 1903 (Africa)
- Paramiginae Petrunkevitch, 1939
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- Micromesomma Pocock, 1895 (Madagascar)
- Moggridgea O. P-Cambridge, 1875 (Africa)
- Paramigas Pocock, 1895 (Madagascar)
- Thyropoeus Pocock, 1895 (Madagascar)
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- Mallecomigas Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 (Chile)
See also
- List of Migidae species
- Spider families
References
- Raven, R.J. (1984). Systematics and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Migidae (Araneae) in Australia. Aust. J. Zool. 32: 379-390 Abstract (Migas, Heteromigas)
- Griswold, C. E. 1998a. The nest and male of the trap-door spider Poecilomigas basilleupi Benoit, 1962 (Araneae, Migidae). Journal of Arachnology, 26: 142--148. PDF
- Zapfe, H. (1961). La Familia Migidae en Chile. Invest. Zool. Chil. 7: 151-157
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