Chira is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. It is currently named after Rio Chira, a river in Peru, but the Peckhams originally called the genus Shira, later emended by Eugène Simon.
Hyetussa is a genus of the spider family Salticidae.
Plesiolena is a small genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. It was first described by Pablo A. Goloboff and Norman I. Platnick in 1987, and it has only been found in Chile. The name is a combination of "plesiomorphy" and the genus Missulena. As of November 2021 it contains only 2 species: P. bonneti and P. jorgelina.
Migidae, also known as tree trapdoor spiders, is a family of spiders with about 100 species in eleven genera. They are small to large spiders with little to no hair and build burrows with a trapdoor. Some species live in tree fern stems. They have a Gondwanan distribution, found almost exclusively on the Southern Hemisphere, occurring in South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia.
Anapidae is a family of rather small spiders with 231 described species in 58 genera. It includes the former family Micropholcommatidae as the subfamily Micropholcommatinae, and the former family Holarchaeidae. Most species are less than 2 millimetres (0.079 in) long.
Moggridgea is a genus of spiders in the tree dwelling family, Migidae. The genus was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1875, who named the genus after naturalist John Traherne Moggridge.
Bertmainius tingle, also called the tingle trapdoor spider, is a small basal spider endemic to the tingle and karri forest of southwestern Western Australia. This migid family species of Bertmainius was first recorded in the 1990s.
Metaltella is a genus of South American intertidal spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1931. One species, Metaltella simoni, has been introduced to North America.
Calathotarsus is a genus of spiders in the family Migidae. It was first described in 1903 by Eugène Simon. As of 2016, it contains 3 species, occurring in Chile and Argentina.
Goloboffia is a genus of spiders in the family Migidae. It was first described in 2001 by Griswold and Ledford to accommodate the single species Goloboffia vellardi, found in Chile. In 2019, more species were described. As of September 2020, five species were accepted:
Heteromigas is a genus of spiders in the family Migidae. It was first described in 1902 by Hogg. As of 2016, it contains 2 Australian species.
Mallecomigas is a genus of spiders in the family Migidae. It was first described in 1987 by Goloboff & Platnick. As of 2017, it contains only one Chilean species, Mallecomigas schlingeri.
Micromesomma is a genus of spiders in the family Migidae. It was first described in 1895 by Pocock. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Micromesomma cowani, found in Madagascar.
Poecilomigas is a genus of spiders in the family Migidae. It was first described in 1903 by Simon. As of 2016, it contains 3 African species.
Hermacha is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, then to the Entypesidae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Damarchodes and Hermachola.
Bertmainius colonus is a spider in the family Migidae. It was first described in 2015 by Mark Harvey, Barbara York Main, Michael Rix and Steven Cooper, and is endemic to south-western Australia.
Bertmainius monachus is a spider in the family Migidae. It was first described in 2015 by Mark Harvey, Barbara York Main, Michael Rix and Steven Cooper, and is endemic to south-western Australia.
Bertmainius mysticus is a spider in the family Migidae and genus Bertmainius. It was first described in 2015 by Mark Harvey, Barbara York Main, Michael Rix and Steven Cooper, and is endemic to south-western Australia.
Bertmainius tumidus is a spider in the family Migidae. It was first described in 2015 by Mark Harvey, Barbara York Main, Michael Rix and Steven Cooper, and is endemic to South-western Australia.
