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Migidae
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Migidae, also known as tree trapdoor spiders, is a family of spiders with about 100 species in eleven genera.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyMigidae
Observations recorded1,383
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 119
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Migidae
- Collections
- FMNH, SAM, NMV
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, South Africa, Australia
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Migidae, also known as tree trapdoor spiders, is a family of spiders with about 100 species in eleven genera.
They are small to large spiders with little to no hair and build burrows with a trapdoor. Some species live in tree fern stems.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Migidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.