Moggridgea pseudocrudeni

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False Cruden'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. pseudocrudeni
Binomial name
Moggridgea pseudocrudeni
Hewitt, 1919 [1]

Moggridgea pseudocrudeni is a species of spider in the family Migidae. [2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as False Cruden's Moggridgea trapdoor spider. [3]

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Distribution

Moggridgea pseudocrudeni has been recorded from two provinces in South Africa. In the Eastern Cape, it occurs at Alicedale, Committees, Dassie Klip on the Bushman's River, and Hell's Poort. It also occurs at Wydgeleë in the Western Cape. [3]

Habitat

The species inhabits the Thicket and Fynbos biomes at altitudes ranging from 95 to 531 m above sea level. [3]

Description

Moggridgea pseudocrudeni is known from both sexes. [3]

Ecology

Moggridgea pseudocrudeni is a rupicolous trapdoor species that occupies and excavates small cylindrical cavities in earth or mud. Males were collected in February and females in February, March, and July. [3]

Conservation

Moggridgea pseudocrudeni is listed as Data Deficient. All specimens were collected between 1916 and 1935, and no recent records exist. Additional sampling is needed to determine the species' present range. [3]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described by John Hewitt in 1919 from Alicedale in the Eastern Cape and later revised by Charles E. Griswold in 1987. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Hewitt, J. (1919). "Descriptions of new South African spiders and a solifuge of the genus Chelypus". Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown. 3: 196–215.
  2. ↑ "Moggridgea pseudocrudeni Hewitt, 1919". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 18. 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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