Migas distinctus explained

Migas distinctus is a species of Mygalomorph spider endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from a single immature female specimen collected in Dunedin.^[2] It was mostly revised in 1968 by Ray Forster. The lectotype is stored in Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Description

The female is recorded at 7.5mm in length. The carapace is orange brown. The legs are yellow brown. The abdomen is purplish grey with light markings dorsally. The male is recorded at 7.7mm in length. The carapace and legs are light orange brown. The abdomen is similar to that of the female.

Distribution

This species is only known from Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Forster . Raymond Robert . Wilton . Cecil Louis . 1968-01-01 . The Spiders of New Zealand Part II: Ctenizidae, Dipluridae & Migidae . Otago Museum bulletin . 2 . 1–166.
2. Cambridge . O. P. . 1879 . 7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with Characters of four new Genera . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . en . 47 . 1 . 681–703 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02701.x . 0370-2774.
3. Sirvid . P. J. . Vink . C. J. . Fitzgerald . B. M. . Wakelin . M. D. . Rolfe . J. . Michel . P. . 2020-01-01 . Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020 . New Zealand Threat Classification Series . English . 34 . 1–37.