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, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015 – AustraliaCalathotarsus Simon, 1903 – Argentina, ChileGoloboffia Griswold & Ledford, 2001 – ChileHeteromigas Hogg, 1902 – AustraliaMallecomigas Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 – ChileMicromesomma Pocock, 1895 – MadagascarMigas L. Koch, 1873 – Australia, New Caledonia, New ZealandMoggridgea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 – Africa, Yemen, AustraliaParamigas Pocock, 1895 – MadagascarPoecilomigas Simon, 1903 – Tanzania, South AfricaThyropoeus Pocock, 1895 – Madagascar