Genus of spiders
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]
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]
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)
^ 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