Tigidia

Tigidia
Tigidia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Tigidia
Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
T. mauriciana
Simon, 1892
Species

14, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Acropholius Simon, 1902[2]
  • Cestotrema Simon, 1902[2]
  • Forsythula Pocock, 1903[3]
  • Nossibea Strand, 1907[2]
  • Tructicus Strand, 1907[3]

Tigidia is a genus of brushed trapdoor spiders first erected by Eugène Simon in 1892.[4]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes fourteen species:[1]

  • Tigidia alluaudi (Simon, 1902)Madagascar
  • Tigidia bastardi (Simon, 1902) – Madagascar
  • Tigidia dubia (Strand, 1907) – Madagascar
  • Tigidia fasciata Mirza, 2023India
  • Tigidia jalgaonensis Mirza, 2023 – India
  • Tigidia konkanensis Mirza, Zende & Patil, 2016 – India
  • Tigidia majori (Pocock, 1903) – Madagascar
  • Tigidia mathiauxi (Simon, 1902) – Madagascar
  • Tigidia mauriciana Simon, 1892Mauritius (type species)
  • Tigidia nilgiriensis Sanap, Mirza & Siliwal, 2011 – India
  • Tigidia rutilofronis Sanap, Mirza & Siliwal, 2011 – India
  • Tigidia sahyadri Siliwal, Gupta & Raven, 2011 – India
  • Tigidia tangerina Mirza, 2023 – India
  • Tigidia typica (Strand, 1907) – Madagascar

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Tigidia Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  2. ^ a b c Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182.
  3. ^ a b Benoit, P. L. G. (1965). "Les Barychelidae-Diplothelinae africains et malgaches (Araneae-Orthognatha)". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 72: 28.
  4. ^ Simon, E. (1892). "Etudes arachnologiques". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 61: 271–284. doi:10.1080/21686351.1892.12278480.