Micaria

Micaria
Micaria fulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Micaria
Westring, 1851 [1]
Species[1]

See text.

Micaria is a genus of ground spiders of the family Gnaphosidae which is found in the Holarctic, Indomalayan, Australasian and Afrotropical zoogeographic regions. The genus was first described in 1851 by the Swedish zoologist Niklas Westring. The type species of the genus is Micaria fulgens.[1] These spiders often go by the common name of ant spiders due to their appearance which mimics ants. They hunt their prey on the ground and are mainly nocturnal, retiring to a retreat woven from silk during the day.[2]

Species

The following species are currently accepted by the World Spider Catalog.[1]

  • Micaria aborigenica Mikhailov, 1988 – Russia
  • Micaria aciculata Simon, 1895 – Russia
  • Micaria aenea Thorell, 1871 – Holarctic
  • Micaria albofasciata Hu, 2001 – China
  • Micaria albovittata (Lucas, 1846) – Palearctic
  • Micaria alpina L. Koch, 1872 – Holarctic
  • Micaria alxa Tang et al., 1997 – China
  • Micaria beaufortia (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
  • Micaria belezma Bosmans, 2000 – Algeria
  • Micaria blicki Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008 – Ukraine
  • Micaria bonneti Schenkel, 1963 – China
  • Micaria bosmansi Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008 – Ukraine
  • Micaria braendegaardi Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
  • Micaria browni Barnes, 1953 – United States of America (USA)
  • Micaria camargo Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – Mexico
  • Micaria capistrano Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
  • Micaria charitonovi Mikhailov & Ponomarev, 2008 – Kazakhstan
  • Micaria chrysis (Simon, 1910) – Namibia
  • Micaria cimarron Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
  • Micaria coarctata (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean to Central Asia
  • Micaria coloradensis Banks, 1896 – USA, Canada
  • Micaria connexa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Yarkand
  • Micaria constricta Emerton, 1894 – Holarctic
  • Micaria corvina Simon, 1878 – Algeria, Tunisia, Israel
  • Micaria croesia L. Koch, 1873 – New South Wales
  • Micaria deserticola Gertsch, 1933 – USA, Mexico
  • Micaria dives (Lucas, 1846) – Palearctic
  • Micaria donensis Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006 – Russia
  • Micaria elizabethae Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Canada
  • Micaria emertoni Gertsch, 1935 – North America
  • Micaria faltana Bhattacharya, 1935 – India
  • Micaria formicaria (Sundevall, 1831) – Palearctic
  • Micaria foxi Gertsch, 1933 – USA, Canada
  • Micaria fulgens (Walckenaer, 1802) – Palearctic
  • Micaria funerea Simon, 1878 – Spain, Corsica, Russia
  • Micaria galilaea Levy, 2009 – Israel
  • Micaria gertschi Barrows & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada
  • Micaria gomerae Strand, 1911 – Canary Islands
  • Micaria gosiuta Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Mexico
  • Micaria guttigera Simon, 1878 – Portugal, Spain, France
  • Micaria guttulata (C. L. Koch, 1839) – Palearctic
  • Micaria icenoglei Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
  • Micaria idana Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Canada
  • Micaria ignea (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Canary Islands to Central Asia
  • Micaria imperiosa Gertsch, 1935 – USA, Mexico
  • Micaria inornata L. Koch, 1873 – Australia
  • Micaria japonica Hayashi, 1985 – Russia, Korea, Japan
  • Micaria jeanae Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Mexico
  • Micaria jinlin Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China
  • Micaria kopetdaghensis Mikhailov, 1986 – Russia, Central Asia
  • Micaria langtry Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
  • Micaria lassena Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
  • Micaria laticeps Emerton, 1909 – USA, Canada
  • Micaria lenzi Bösenberg, 1899 – Palearctic
  • Micaria lindbergi Roewer, 1962 – Afghanistan
  • Micaria logunovi Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – China
  • Micaria longipes Emerton, 1890 – North America
  • Micaria longispina Emerton, 1911 – USA, Canada
  • Micaria marusiki Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – China
  • Micaria medica Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Canada
  • Micaria mexicana Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – Mexico
  • Micaria mongunica Danilov, 1997 – Russia
  • Micaria mormon Gertsch, 1935 – North America
  • Micaria nanella Gertsch, 1935 – USA, Mexico
  • Micaria nivosa L. Koch, 1866 – Europe to Kazakhstan
  • Micaria nye Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
  • Micaria pallens Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
  • Micaria palliditarsa Banks, 1896 – USA, Mexico
  • Micaria palma Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
  • Micaria palmgreni Wunderlich, 1980 – Finland
  • Micaria paralbofasciata Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China
  • Micaria pasadena Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
  • Micaria porta Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
  • Micaria pulcherrima Caporiacco, 1935 – India, Pakistan, Russia, China
  • Micaria pulicaria (Sundevall, 1831) – Holarctic
  • Micaria punctata Banks, 1896 – USA
  • Micaria riggsi Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Canada
  • Micaria rossica Thorell, 1875 – Holarctic
  • Micaria seminola Gertsch, 1942 – USA
  • Micaria seymuria Tuneva, 2004 – Kazakhstan
  • Micaria silesiaca L. Koch, 1875 – Palearctic
  • Micaria siniloana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
  • Micaria tarabaevi Mikhailov, 1988 – Kazakhstan
  • Micaria tersissima Simon, 1910 – Namibia
  • Micaria triangulosa Gertsch, 1935 – USA
  • Micaria triguttata Simon, 1884 – Spain, France, Algeria
  • Micaria tripunctata Holm, 1978 – Holarctic
  • Micaria tuvensis Danilov, 1993 – Russia, Kazakhstan, China
  • Micaria utahna Gertsch, 1933 – USA
  • Micaria vinnula Gertsch & Davis, 1936 – USA
  • Micaria violens Oliger, 1983 – Russia
  • Micaria xiningensis Hu, 2001 – China
  • Micaria yeniseica Marusik & Koponen, 2002 – Russia
  • Micaria yushuensis Hu, 2001 – China

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Micaria Westring, 1851". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Family Gnaphosidae (Flat-bellied Ground Spiders)". Spiders of Sungai Tawau. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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