Misgolas

Misgolas
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Trapdoor from Misgolas group spider, found in eastern Australia. Approximately 1 cm across
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Misgolas Karsch, 1878
Species
See text.
Diversity
28 species

Misgolas is a spider genus of the family Idiopidae. All species are endemic to Australia, with two species occurring only on Tasmania.

Name

The origin of the name Misgolas is unclear, but may have come from the prosecution of Timarchos by Aeschines in ancient Greece. In it, a particularly unsavory and disrespected individual is named Misgolas, possible prompting the naming of the species.

Species

• Misgolas andrewsi (Hogg, 1902) — South Australia
• Misgolas beni Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
• Misgolas biroi (Kulczynski, 1908) — New South Wales
• Misgolas bithongabel Raven & Wishart, 2006 — Queensland
• Misgolas cliffi Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
• Misgolas crispus (Karsch, 1878) — Tasmania
• Misgolas dereki Wishart, 1992 — New South Wales
• Misgolas echo Raven & Wishart, 2006 — Queensland, New South Wales
• Misgolas elegans (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — New South Wales
• Misgolas gracilis (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — New South Wales, possibly New Guinea
• Misgolas hirsutus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — Queensland
• Misgolas hubbardi Wishart, 1992 — New South Wales
• Misgolas kirstiae Wishart, 1992 — New South Wales
• Misgolas lynabra Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
• Misgolas maculosus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — New South Wales
• Misgolas mascordi Wishart, 1992 — New South Wales
• Misgolas melancholicus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — New South Wales
• Misgolas mestoni (Hickman, 1928) — Tasmania
• Misgolas michaeli Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
• Misgolas monteithi Raven & Wishart, 2006 — Queensland
• Misgolas ornatus (Rainbow, 1914) — Queensland
• Misgolas papillosus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — Queensland
• Misgolas rapax Karsch, 1878 — New South Wales
• Misgolas robertsi (Main & Mascord, 1974) — New South Wales
• Misgolas rodi Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
• Misgolas trangae Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
• Misgolas villosus (Rainbow, 1914) — New South Wales
• Misgolas wayorum Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales

References

• NZ Department of Conservation
• Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

• Information, distribution and pictures of M. robertsi (Northern Tube Spider)
• Information and picture on M. mascordi (Southern Tube Spider)