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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Araneomorphae

Scientific name
  
Misgolas

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Idiopidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Spider

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Similar
  
Sydney brown tra, Aganippe, Idiopidae, Anidiops, Cataxia

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Misgolas is a spider genus of the family Idiopidae. All species are endemic to Australia, with two species occurring only on Tasmania.

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Name

The origin of the name Misgolas is unclear, but may have come from the prosecution of Timarchos by Aeschines in ancient Greece. In it, a particularly unsavory and disrespected individual is named Misgolas, possible prompting the naming of the species.

Species

  • Misgolas andrewsi (Hogg, 1902) — South Australia
  • Misgolas beni Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
  • Misgolas biroi (Kulczynski, 1908) — New South Wales
  • Misgolas bithongabel Raven & Wishart, 2006 — Queensland
  • Misgolas cliffi Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
  • Misgolas crispus (Karsch, 1878) — Tasmania
  • Misgolas dereki Wishart, 1992 — New South Wales
  • Misgolas echo Raven & Wishart, 2006 — Queensland, New South Wales
  • Misgolas elegans (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — New South Wales
  • Misgolas gracilis (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — New South Wales, possibly New Guinea
  • Misgolas hirsutus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — Queensland
  • Misgolas hubbardi Wishart, 1992 — New South Wales
  • Misgolas kirstiae Wishart, 1992 — New South Wales
  • Misgolas lynabra Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
  • Misgolas maculosus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — New South Wales
  • Misgolas mascordi Wishart, 1992 — New South Wales
  • Misgolas melancholicus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — New South Wales
  • Misgolas mestoni (Hickman, 1928) — Tasmania
  • Misgolas michaeli Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
  • Misgolas monteithi Raven & Wishart, 2006 — Queensland
  • Misgolas ornatus (Rainbow, 1914) — Queensland
  • Misgolas papillosus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — Queensland
  • Misgolas rapax Karsch, 1878 — New South Wales
  • Misgolas robertsi (Main & Mascord, 1974) — New South Wales
  • Misgolas rodi Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
  • Misgolas trangae Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
  • Misgolas villosus (Rainbow, 1914) — New South Wales
  • Misgolas wayorum Wishart, 2006 — New South Wales
  • References

    Misgolas Wikipedia


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