''Moggridgea'' is a genus of

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s in the tree dwelling family,

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. The genus was first described by

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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

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, with an outlying species in

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List of ''Moggridgea'' species

* '' Moggridgea albimaculata'' Hewitt, 1925 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea ampullata'' Griswold, 1987 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea anactenidia'' Griswold, 1987 (Cameroon) * '' Moggridgea breyeri'' Hewitt, 1915 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea clypeostriata'' Benoit, 1962 (Congo) * '' Moggridgea crudeni'' Hewitt, 1913 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea dyeri'' O. P.-Cambridge, 1875 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea eremicola'' Griswold, 1987 (Namibia) * '' Moggridgea intermedia'' Hewitt, 1913 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea leipoldti'' Purcell, 1903 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea loistata'' Griswold, 1987 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea microps'' Hewitt, 1915 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea mordax'' Purcell, 1903 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea nesiota'' Griswold, 1987 (Comoro Is.) * '' Moggridgea occidua'' Simon, 1907 (Principe) * '' Moggridgea pallida'' Hewitt, 1914 (Namibia) * '' Moggridgea paucispina'' Hewitt, 1916 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea peringueyi'' Simon, 1903 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea pseudocrudeni'' Hewitt, 1919 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea purpurea'' Lawrence, 1928 (Namibia) * '' Moggridgea pymi'' Hewitt, 1914 (Zimbabwe, South Africa) * '' Moggridgea quercina'' Simon, 1903 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea rainbowi'' Pulleine, 1919 (

, South Australia) * '' Moggridgea rupicola'' Hewitt, 1913 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea rupicoloides'' Hewitt, 1914 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea socotra'' Griswold, 1987 (Socotra) * '' Moggridgea tanypalpa'' Griswold, 1987 (Angola) * '' Moggridgea teresae'' Griswold, 1987 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea terrestris'' Hewitt, 1914 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea terricola'' Simon, 1903 (South Africa) * '' Moggridgea verruculata'' Griswold, 1987 (Congo) * '' Moggridgea whytei'' Pocock, 1897 (Central Africa)

References

* (2008)
The world spider catalog
version 8.5. ''American Museum of Natural History''. *Main, B.Y. 1991
Occurrence of the trapdoor spider genus Moggridgea in Australia with descriptions of two new species
(Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Migidae). Journal of Natural History 25: 383-397 85 * Migidae Mygalomorphae genera Spiders of Africa Spiders of Australia {{Migidae-stub