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Moggridgea Mordax
''Moggridgea'' is a genus of spiders in the tree dwelling family, Migidae. The genus was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1875, who named the genus after naturalist John Traherne Moggridge. The majority of the 32 species of the genus are found in southern Africa and Socotra, with an outlying species in Australia's Kangaroo Island. List of ''Moggridgea'' species * ''Moggridgea albimaculata'' Hewitt, 1925 (South Africa) * ''Moggridgea ampullata'' Griswold, 1987 (South Africa) * ''Moggridgea anactenidia'' Griswold, 1987 (Cameroon) * ''Moggridgea breyeri'' Hewitt, 1915 (South Africa) * ''Moggridgea clypeostriata'' Benoit, 1962 (Congo) * ''Moggridgea crudeni'' Hewitt, 1913 (South Africa) * ''Moggridgea dyeri'' O. P.-Cambridge, 1875 (South Africa) * ''Moggridgea eremicola'' Griswold, 1987 (Namibia) * ''Moggridgea intermedia'' Hewitt, 1913 (South Africa) * ''Moggridgea leipoldti'' Purcell, 1903 (South Africa) * ''Moggridgea loistata'' Griswold, 1987 (South Africa) * ''Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an England, English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth rectory, Dorset, the fifth son of Rev. George Pickard, rector and squire of Bloxworth: the family changed its name to Pickard-Cambridge in 1848 after receiving the property left behind by a relative, Charles Owen Cambridge, of Whitminster House in Gloucestershire. Octavius was tutored at home by the poet William Barnes, after failing to receive admission to Winchester College. He also learned to play the violin from Sidney Smith. He then studied law in London before theology at the Durham University, University of Durham. He was very active and made many friends in this period. He served as steward at steeplechases and presided over the college choral society. In 1857 he presented the Pickard-Camb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |