Micaria

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Micaria
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
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Micaria fulgens
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Micaria
Westring, 1851[1]
Type species

(Walckenaer, 1802)
Species

105, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Arboricaria Bosmans, 2000[2][3]
  • Castanilla Caporiacco, 1936[4]
  • Epikurtomma Tucker, 1923[5]
  • Micariolepis Simon, 1879[6]

Micaria is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.[7] They are 1.3 to 6.5 millimetres (0.051 to 0.256 in) long.[8]

They are often called "ant spiders" due to their ant-like appearance and ant mimicking behavior.[9]

Species[]

As of May 2019 it contains 105 species and two subspecies found in the Holarctic, Indomalayan, Australasian and Afrotropical zoogeographic regions:[1]

  • Mikhailov, 1988 – Russia (north-eastern Siberia)
  • Simon, 1895 – Russia (South Siberia)
  • Thorell, 1871 – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
  • Hu, 2001 – China
  • (Lucas, 1846) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Iran, Turkmenistan, China
  • L. Koch, 1872 – USA (Alaska), Canada, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan
  • Tang, Urita, Song & Zhao, 1997 – China
  • (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
  • Bosmans, 2000 – Algeria
  • Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008 – Ukraine
  • Schenkel, 1963 – Mongolia, China
  • Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe)
  • Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
  • (Bosmans & Blick, 2000) – Portugal, France
  • Barnes, 1953 – USA
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – Mexico
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
  • Mikhailov & Ponomarev, 2008 – Kazakhstan
  • (Simon, 1910) – South Africa
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
  • (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia
  • Banks, 1896 – USA, Canada
  • O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – China (Yarkand)
  • Emerton, 1894 – North America, Svalbard, Russia (Northern Europe to Middle Siberia)
  • Simon, 1878 – Algeria, Tunisia, Israel
  • L. Koch, 1873 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Brignoli, 1983 – France (Corsica), Italy, Greece
  • Bryant, 1941 – USA
  • Gertsch, 1933 – USA, Mexico
  • (Lucas, 1846) – Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, India, China, Korea, Japan
    • (Caporiacco, 1935) – Karakorum
  • Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006 – Russia (Europe)
  • Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Canada
  • Gertsch, 1935 – North America
  • Bhattacharya, 1935 – India
  • (Sundevall, 1831) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China
  • Gertsch, 1933 – USA, Canada
  • (Walckenaer, 1802) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Central Asia, China
  • Simon, 1878 – Spain, France (Corsica), Bulgaria, Russia (Caucasus)
  • Levy, 2009 – Israel
  • M. gertschi Barrows & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada
  • Strand, 1911 – Canary Is.
  • Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Mexico
  • Tuneva & Esyunin, 2003 – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
  • Simon, 1878 – Portugal, Spain, France
  • (C. L. Koch, 1839) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Canada
  • (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Canary Is., Algeria, Spain, Greece (Crete), Cyprus, Egypt, Yemen, Israel, Syria, Iran, Central Asia
  • Gertsch, 1935 – USA, Mexico
  • L. Koch, 1873 – Australia
  • Hayashi, 1985 – Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan
  • Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Mexico
  • Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China
  • Mikhailov, 1986 – Caucasus to Central Asia
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
  • Emerton, 1909 – USA, Canada
  • Bösenberg, 1899 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South and north-eastern Siberia), Central Asia, China
  • Roewer, 1962 – Afghanistan
  • Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – China
  • M. longipes Emerton, 1890 – North America
  • M. longispina Emerton, 1911 – USA, Canada
  • (Caporiacco, 1936) – Libya
  • Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – China
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Canada
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – Mexico
  • Danilov, 1997 – Russia (South Siberia)
  • Gertsch, 1935 – North America
  • Gertsch, 1935 – USA, Mexico
  • L. Koch, 1866 – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
  • Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
  • O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Tajikistan
  • Banks, 1896 – USA, Mexico
  • (Lucas, 1846) – Madeira, Mediterranean to Central Asia
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
  • Wunderlich, 1980 – Finland
  • Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China
  • M. pasadena Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
  • Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
  • Caporiacco, 1935 – India, Pakistan, Russia (South Siberia), China
    • Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
  • M. pulicaria (Sundevall, 1831) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Japan
  • Banks, 1896 – USA
  • Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Canada
  • M. rossica Thorell, 1875 – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, Mongolia, China
  • Gertsch, 1942 – USA
  • Tuneva, 2004 – Kazakhstan
  • L. Koch, 1875 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
  • Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
  • Kulczyński, 1897 – Europe, Azerbaijan
  • Westring, 1861 – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia, Kamchatka)
  • Mikhailov, 1988 – Kazakhstan
  • Simon, 1910 – South Africa
  • Gertsch, 1935 – USA
  • Simon, 1884 – Spain, France, Algeria
  • Holm, 1978 – USA (Alaska), Canada, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
  • Danilov, 1993 – Russia (Central Asia, South Siberia), Kazakhstan, China
  • Gertsch, 1933 – USA
  • Gertsch & Davis, 1936 – USA
  • Oliger, 1983 – Russia (Far East)
  • Hu, 2001 – China
  • Marusik & Koponen, 2002 – Russia (Middle Siberia)
  • Hu, 2001 – China
  • (Mikhailov, 2016) – Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gen. Micaria Westring, 1851". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. ^ Wunderlich, J. (2017). "Descriptions, notes and synonyms of some mainly Mediterranean and Macaronesian spiders (Araneae) of various families". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 10: 315.
  3. ^ Breitling, R. (2017). "Public DNA barcoding data resolve the status of the genus Arboricaria (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)". Arachnologische Mitteilungen. 54: 26.
  4. ^ Haddad, C. R.; Bosmans, R. (2013). "Synonymy of the North African spider genus Castanilla Caporiacco, 1936 with Micaria Westring, 1851 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)". Zootaxa. 3734: 397. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.10.
  5. ^ Murphy, J. (2007). Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society, St Neots, Cambridgeshire.
  6. ^ Wunderlich, J. (1980). "Revision der europäischen Arten der Gattung Micaria Westring 1851, mit Anmerkungen zu den übrigen paläarktischen Arten (Arachnida: Araneida: Gnaphosidae)". Zoologische Beiträge. 25 (1979): 238.
  7. ^ Westring, N. (1851). "Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan". Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar. 2: 25–62.
  8. ^ Platnick, Norman I.; Shadab, Mohammad U. (1988). "A Revision of the American Spiders of the Genus Micaria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". American Museum Novitates. 2916: 1–64.
  9. ^ "Family Gnaphosidae (Flat-bellied Ground Spiders)". Spiders of Sungai Tawau. Retrieved 2016-09-28.


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