Moggridgea
Moggridgea is a genus of spiders belonging to the tree-dwelling family, Migidae.
The genus was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1875 and is named after the naturalist John Traherne Moggridge.
The majority of the species of the genus are found in southern Africa and Socotra, with the outlying species Moggridgea rainbowi endemic to Kangaroo Island in Australia.
Species
, this genus includes 32 species:Moggridgea albimaculata [John John Hewitt (herpetologist)|Hewitt (herpetologist)|Hewitt], 1925 – South AfricaMoggridgea ampullata Griswold, 1987 – South AfricaMoggridgea anactenidia Griswold, 1987 – CameroonMoggridgea breyeri Hewitt, 1915 – South AfricaMoggridgea clypeostriata Benoit, 1962 – DR CongoMoggridgea crudeni Hewitt, 1913 – South AfricaMoggridgea dyeri O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 – South Africa Moggridgea eremicola Griswold, 1987 – NamibiaMoggridgea intermedia Hewitt, 1913 – South AfricaMoggridgea leipoldti Purcell, 1903 – South AfricaMoggridgea loistata Griswold, 1987 – South AfricaMoggridgea microps Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa, EswatiniMoggridgea mordax Purcell, 1903 – South AfricaMoggridgea nesiota Griswold, 1987 – ComorosMoggridgea occidua Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and PríncipeMoggridgea pallida Hewitt, 1914 – NamibiaMoggridgea paucispina Hewitt, 1916 – South AfricaMoggridgea peringueyi Simon, 1903 – South AfricaMoggridgea pseudocrudeni Hewitt, 1919 – South AfricaMoggridgea purpurea Lawrence, 1928 – NamibiaMoggridgea pymi Hewitt, 1914 – Zimbabwe, South AfricaMoggridgea quercina Simon, 1903 – South AfricaMoggridgea rainbowi – Australia Moggridgea rupicola Hewitt, 1913 – South AfricaMoggridgea rupicoloides Hewitt, 1914 – South AfricaMoggridgea socotra Griswold, 1987 – Yemen Moggridgea tanypalpa Griswold, 1987 – AngolaMoggridgea teresae Griswold, 1987 – South AfricaMoggridgea terrestris Hewitt, 1914 – South AfricaMoggridgea terricola Simon, 1903 – South AfricaMoggridgea verruculata Griswold, 1987 – CongoMoggridgea whytei Pocock, 1897 – Central Africa