Misgolas is a spider genus of the family Idiopidae

Idiopidae

Idiopidae Idiopidae Idiopidae (superfamily Idiopoidea are a mygalomorph spider family. They have a large body that often looks rather like a tarantula.-Description:In some species the males have a spur on their legs, which they will show if provoked....

. All species are endemic

Endemic (ecology)

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...

 to Australia

Australia

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, with two species occurring only on Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

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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
  William Joseph Rainbow
  William Joseph Rainbow was an entomologist and arachnologist whose work includes the first catalogue of Australian spiders.-Life:...
  
   & 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

External links

• Information, distribution and pictures of M. robertsi (Northern Tube Spider)
• Information and picture on M. mascordi (Southern Tube Spider)