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Genus of spiders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Migas is a genus of spiders in the family Migidae. Most species are found only in New Zealand.[1]
Migas | |
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Female holotype specimen of Migas insularis | |
Scientific classification | |
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 |
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]
As of October 2017[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species:[1]
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