MIGIDAE - TRAPDOOR SPIDER

FACT FILE - A231

Family

Migidae

Species

Migas undescribed species

Body Length

Female: 8 mm
Male: unknown

Habitat

Found in a myrtle forest under moss covered bark 1.5 m up a myrtle treetree in a shallow covered burrow, 30 mm deep at an altitude of 900 meters in the Great Western Tiers.

Toxicity

Unknown, but treat with caution.

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A2311

Female. Photo: ©Glenn Gregg

A2312

Female. Photo: ©Glenn Gregg

A2313

Female cephalothorax.

A2314

Female sternum.

A2315

Female. Ventral view.

A2316

Female. Lateral view.

QVM:2018:13:0241