''Moggridgea'' is a genus of
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
s 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
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, with an outlying species in
Australia
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's
Kangaroo Island.
List of ''Moggridgea'' species
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Moggridgea albimaculata'' Hewitt, 1925 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea ampullata'' Griswold, 1987 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea anactenidia'' Griswold, 1987 (Cameroon)
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Moggridgea breyeri'' Hewitt, 1915 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea clypeostriata'' Benoit, 1962 (Congo)
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Moggridgea crudeni'' Hewitt, 1913 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea dyeri'' O. P.-Cambridge, 1875 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea eremicola'' Griswold, 1987 (Namibia)
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Moggridgea intermedia'' Hewitt, 1913 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea leipoldti'' Purcell, 1903 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea loistata
''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 th ...
'' Griswold, 1987 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea microps'' Hewitt, 1915 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea mordax'' Purcell, 1903 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea nesiota'' Griswold, 1987 (Comoro Is.)
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Moggridgea occidua'' Simon, 1907 (Principe)
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Moggridgea pallida'' Hewitt, 1914 (Namibia)
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Moggridgea paucispina'' Hewitt, 1916 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea peringueyi'' Simon, 1903 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea pseudocrudeni'' Hewitt, 1919 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea purpurea'' Lawrence, 1928 (Namibia)
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Moggridgea pymi'' Hewitt, 1914 (Zimbabwe, South Africa)
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Moggridgea quercina
''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 th ...
'' Simon, 1903 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea rainbowi'' Pulleine, 1919 (
Kangaroo Island, South Australia)
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Moggridgea rupicola
''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 th ...
'' Hewitt, 1913 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea rupicoloides
''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 th ...
'' Hewitt, 1914 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea socotra'' Griswold, 1987 (Socotra)
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Moggridgea tanypalpa'' Griswold, 1987 (Angola)
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Moggridgea teresae'' Griswold, 1987 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea terrestris'' Hewitt, 1914 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea terricola'' Simon, 1903 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea verruculata'' Griswold, 1987 (Congo)
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Moggridgea whytei'' Pocock, 1897 (Central Africa)
References
* (2008)
The world spider catalog version 8.5. ''American Museum of Natural History''.
*Main, B.Y. 1991
Occurrence of the trapdoor spider genus Moggridgea in Australia with descriptions of two new species(Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Migidae). Journal of Natural History 25: 383-397
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Migidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Australia
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