Migas toddae explained

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

Taxonomy

This species was described as "Migas toddi" in 1968 by Cecil Wilton from female specimens collected in Otago. The species name was changed to "toddae" in 1983.^[2] The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.

Description

The female is recorded at 10.1mm in length. The carapace is orange brown. The legs are yellow brown. The abdomen is pale brown grey but more purplish dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Trotters Gorge in Otago, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".^[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. Book: Brignoli, Paolo M. . A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981 . 1983 . Manchester University Press in association with the British Arachnological Society . 978-0-7190-0856-6 . Merrett . Peter . Manchester [Lancashire]; Dover, N.H.
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.