Migas (spider)
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| Female holotype specimen of Migas insularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Migidae |
| Genus: | Migas L. Koch, 1873[1] |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 34 species | |
Migas is a genus of spiders in the family Migidae. Most species are found only in New Zealand, with three found in Australia and one species, Migas affinis, in New Caledonia.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]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[update], 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
[edit]As of October 2017[update], 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
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Gen. Migas L. Koch, 1873", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-10-13
- ^ Koch, L. (1873) [title page 1871], "Migas nov. genus", Die Arachniden Australiens, Vol. 1, Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe, pp. 467–469
- ^ Wilton, C.L. (1968), "The spiders of New Zealand. Part II. Migidae", Otago Museum Bulletin, 2: 73–126