Moggridgea dyeri

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Dyer's Moggridgea Trapdoor Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Migidae
Genus: Moggridgea
Species:
M. dyeri
Binomial name
Moggridgea dyeri
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 [1]

Moggridgea dyeri is a species of spider in the family Migidae. [2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Dyer's Moggridgea trapdoor spider. It is the type species of the genus Moggridgea . [3]

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Distribution

Moggridgea dyeri is known from two provinces in South Africa. It occurs in the Eastern Cape from multiple localities including Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth, and Somerset East, and in KwaZulu-Natal from Harding. [3]

Habitat

The species inhabits multiple biomes including the Nama Karoo, Fynbos, Savanna, and Thicket biomes at altitudes ranging from 7 to 737 m above sea level. It is an arboreal, nest-building trapdoor species with adult females collected during seven months of the year, indicating an extended activity period. [3]

Description

Moggridgea dyeri is known only from the female. [3]

Conservation

Moggridgea dyeri is listed as Least Concern by SANBI. Despite having a relatively restricted range, the species is suspected to be under-collected, with vast expanses of natural habitat within its range and no significant threats. It is protected in the Fort Brown Kudu Reserve. [3]

Taxonomy

Moggridgea dyeri was originally described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1875 from Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape and serves as the type species for the genus Moggridgea. The species was later revised by Griswold in 1987. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1875). "On a new genus and species of trap-door spider from South Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 16 (95): 317–322. doi:10.1080/00222937508681860.
  2. ↑ "Moggridgea dyeri O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Migidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 10. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6735880 . Retrieved 21 September 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Griswold, C.E. (1987). "The African members of the trap-door spider family Migidae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) 1: the genus Moggridgea O. P.-Cambridge, 1875". Annals of the Natal Museum. 28: 1–118.
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