''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
John Traherne Moggridge (8 March 1842 – 24 November 1874) was a British botanist, entomologist, and arachnologist. A Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, he was known as a keen naturalist with great observational skills, as well as his pa ...
.
The majority of the 32 species of the genus are found in southern Africa and
Socotra, with an outlying species in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
'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
''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 dyeri'' O. P.-Cambridge, 1875 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea eremicola'' Griswold, 1987 (Namibia)
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Moggridgea intermedia
''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 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
''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 g ...
'' Purcell, 1903 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea nesiota
''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 (Comoro Is.)
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Moggridgea occidua
''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, 1907 (Principe)
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Moggridgea pallida
''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 (Namibia)
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Moggridgea paucispina
''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, 1916 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea peringueyi
''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 pseudocrudeni
''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, 1919 (South Africa)
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Moggridgea purpurea
''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 ...
'' Lawrence, 1928 (Namibia)
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Moggridgea pymi
''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 (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
''Moggridgea rainbowi'', also called the Australian trapdoor spider, is a small spider endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. The spider was first recorded in 1919.
Distribution
The spider's habitat is in burrows just above the high ti ...
'' 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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