Mygalomorphae

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Mygalomorphae
Superfamiliae: Atypoidea - Barycheloidea - Ctenizoidea - Cyrtauchenioidea - Dipluroidea - Hexatheloidea - Idiopoidea - Mecicobothrioidea - Migoidea - Nemesioidea - Theraphosoidea

Overview of familiae (17)

Actinopodidae - Antrodiaetidae - Atypidae - Barychelidae - Ctenizidae - Cyrtaucheniidae - Dipluridae - Euctenizidae - Hexathelidae - Idiopidae - Mecicobothriidae - Microstigmatidae - Migidae - Nemesiidae - Paratropididae - Theraphosidae †Fossilcalcaridae

Name

Mygalomorphae Pocock, 1892

References

Pocock, R.I. 1892. Supplementary notes on the Arachnida and Myriopoda of the Mergui Archipelago: with descriptions of some new species from Siam and Malaysia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24: 316-326. Reference page.
Bond, J.E., Hendrixson, B.E., Hamilton, C.A., Hedin, M. 2012. A reconsideration of the classification of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Arachnida: Araneae) based on three nuclear genes and morphology. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38753. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038753 Reference page.
Coyle F.A., 1983. Aerial dispersal by mygalomorph spiderlings (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Journal of arachnology, 11(2): 283–286. JSTOR PDF
Goloboff, P.A. 1993: A reanalysis of mygalomorph spider families (Araneae). American Museum novitates, (3056) Handle Reference page.
Raven R. J., 1985. The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 1–180. PDF
Wunderlich, J. 2015. On the evolution and the classification of spiders, the Mesozoic spider faunas, and descriptions of new Cretaceous taxa mainly in amber from Myanmar (Burma) (Arachnida: Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 9: 21–408. Reference page.

Links

Mygalomorphae or primitive spiders from Australia

Vernacular names

català: Migalomorf
čeština: Sklípkani
Deutsch: Vogelspinnenartige
français: Mygales, Mygalomorphes
magyar: Négytüdős pókok
italiano: Migali
русский: Мигаломорфные пауки
slovenčina: Štvorpľúcne
中文: 原蛛下目

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