Migas

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Mygalomorphae
Superfamilia: Migoidea

Familia: Migidae
Genus: Migas
Species: M. affinis – M. australis – M. borealis – M. cambridgei – M. cantuarius – M. centralis – M. cumberi – M. distinctus – M. gatenbyi – M. giveni – M. goyeni – M. hesperus – M. hollowayi – M. insularis – M. kirki – M. kochi – M. linburnensis – M. lomasi – M. marplesi – M. minor – M. nitens – M. otari – M. paradoxus – M. plomleyi – M. quintus – M. sandageri – M. saxatilis – M. secundus – M. solitarius – M. taierii – M. tasmani – M. toddae – M. tuhoe – M. variapalpus
Name

Migas L. Koch, 1873
References

Forster, R.R.; Wilton, C.L. 1968: The spiders of New Zealand. Part II. Ctenizidae, Dipluridae, Migidae. Otago Museum bulletin, 2.
The World Spider Catalog, V8.0

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

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, 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

As of October 2017, 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

"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