Moggridgea
| Moggridgea | |
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| Moggridgea sp. from South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Superfamily: | Migoidea |
| Family: | Migidae |
| Genus: |
Moggridgea O. P-Cambridge, 1875 |
| Type species | |
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Moggridgea dyeri O. P-Cambridge, 1875 |
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| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 33 species | |
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Moggridgea is a genus of spiders in the tree dwelling family, Migidae. The genus was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1875, who named the genus after naturalist John Traherne Moggridge.
The majority of the 32 species of the genus are found in southern Africa and Socotra, with an outlying species in Australia's Kangaroo Island.
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