Migas (spider)

Genus of spiders

Migas

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

Migas is a genus of spiders in the family Migidae. Most species are found only in New Zealand.[1]

## Taxonomy

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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]

### Species

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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)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "Gen. Migas L. Koch, 1873", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-10-13
2. ^ Koch, L. (1873) [title page 1871], "Migas nov. genus", Die Arachniden Australiens, Vol. 1, Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe, pp. 467–469
3. ^ Wilton, C.L. (1968), "The spiders of New Zealand. Part II. Migidae", Otago Museum Bulletin, 2: 73–126

Taxon identifiers

Migas|

* Wikidata: Q3312828
* Wikispecies: Migas
* ADW: Migas
* AFD: Migas
* BioLib: 464808
* BOLD: 291150
* CoL: 5SQC
* EoL: 111410
* GBIF: 2179178
* iNaturalist: 377108
* IRMNG: 1273606
* ITIS: 848818
* NCBI: 389765
* NZOR: b3e9303c-a97e-4717-af95-430933afa78f
* Open Tree of Life: 685760
* uBio: 4243793
* WoRMS: 184794
* WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00099