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
, this family includes eleven genera and 108 species:- Bertmainius Harvey |Harvey], Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015 – Australia
- Calathotarsus Simon, 1903 – Argentina, Chile
- Goloboffia Griswold & Ledford, 2001 – Chile
- Heteromigas Hogg, 1902 – Australia
- Mallecomigas Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 – Chile
- Micromesomma Reginald [Innes Pocock|Pocock], 1895 – Madagascar
- Migas Ludwig [Carl Christian Koch|L. Koch], 1873 – Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand
- Moggridgea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 – Africa, Yemen, Australia
- Paramigas Pocock, 1895 – Madagascar
- Poecilomigas Simon, 1903 – Tanzania, South Africa
- Thyropoeus Pocock, 1895 – Madagascar