''Micaria'' is a
genus
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of
ground spiders
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...
that was first described by
Niklas Westring in 1851.
They are long.
They are often called "ant spiders" due to their ant-like appearance and
ant mimicking behavior.
Species
it contains 105 species and two subspecies found in the
Holarctic
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,
Indomalayan,
Australasia
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n and
Afrotropical
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zoogeographic
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As a multifaceted field of study, zoogeography incorporates methods of molecular biology, genetics, mo ...
regions:
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M. aborigenica''
Mikhailov, 1988 – Russia (north-eastern Siberia)
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M. aciculata''
Simon, 1895 – Russia (South Siberia)
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M. aenea''
Thorell, 1871 – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
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M. albofasciata''
Hu, 2001 – China
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M. albovittata''
(Lucas, 1846) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Iran, Turkmenistan, China
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M. alpina''
L. Koch
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist.
He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...
, 1872 – USA (Alaska), Canada, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan
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M. alxa''
Tang, Urita, Song & Zhao, 1997 – China
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M. beaufortia''
(Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
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M. belezma''
Bosmans, 2000 – Algeria
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M. blicki''
Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008 – Ukraine
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M. bonneti''
Schenkel, 1963 – Mongolia, China
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M. bosmansi''
Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe)
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M. braendegaardi''
Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
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M. brignolii''
(Bosmans & Blick, 2000) – Portugal, France
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M. browni''
Barnes, 1953 – USA
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M. camargo''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – Mexico
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M. capistrano''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
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M. charitonovi''
Mikhailov & Ponomarev, 2008 – Kazakhstan
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M. chrysis''
(Simon, 1910) – South Africa
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M. cimarron''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
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M. coarctata''
(Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia
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M. coloradensis''
Banks, 1896 – USA, Canada
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M. connexa''
O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1885 – China (Yarkand)
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M. constricta''
Emerton, 1894 – North America, Svalbard, Russia (Northern Europe to Middle Siberia)
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M. corvina''
Simon, 1878 – Algeria, Tunisia, Israel
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M. croesia''
L. Koch, 1873 – Australia (New South Wales)
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M. cyrnea''
Brignoli, 1983 – France (Corsica), Italy, Greece
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M. delicatula''
Bryant, 1941 – USA
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M. deserticola''
Gertsch
Willis John Gertsch (October 4, 1906 – December 12, 1998) was an American arachnologist. He described over 1,000 species of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider.
Gertsch was born ...
, 1933 – USA, Mexico
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M. dives''
(Lucas, 1846) – Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, India, China, Korea, Japan
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Micaria d. concolor''
( Caporiacco, 1935) – Karakorum
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M. donensis''
Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006 – Russia (Europe)
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M. elizabethae''
Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Canada
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M. emertoni''
Gertsch, 1935 – North America
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M. faltana''
Bhattacharya, 1935 – India
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M. formicaria''
(Sundevall
Carl Jakob Sundevall (22 October 1801, Högestad – 2 February 1875) was a Swedish zoologist.
Sundevall studied at Lund University, where he became a Ph.D. in 1823. After traveling to East Asia, he studied medicine, graduating as Doctor of Med ...
, 1831) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China
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M. foxi''
Gertsch, 1933 – USA, Canada
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M. fulgens''
(Walckenaer, 1802) (
type
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) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Central Asia, China
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M. funerea''
Simon, 1878 – Spain, France (Corsica), Bulgaria, Russia (Caucasus)
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M. galilaea''
Levy, 2009 – Israel
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M. gertschi''
Barrows & Ivie
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, 1942 – USA, Canada
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M. gomerae''
Strand, 1911 – Canary Is.
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M. gosiuta''
Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Mexico
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M. gulliae''
Tuneva & Esyunin, 2003 – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
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M. guttigera''
Simon, 1878 – Portugal, Spain, France
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M. guttulata''
(C. L. Koch
Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born ...
, 1839) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
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M. icenoglei''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
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M. idana''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Canada
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M. ignea''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Canary Is., Algeria, Spain, Greece (Crete), Cyprus, Egypt, Yemen, Israel, Syria, Iran, Central Asia
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M. imperiosa''
Gertsch, 1935 – USA, Mexico
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M. inornata''
L. Koch, 1873 – Australia
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M. japonica''
Hayashi, 1985 – Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan
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M. jeanae''
Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Mexico
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M. jinlin''
Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China
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M. kopetdaghensis''
Mikhailov, 1986 – Caucasus to Central Asia
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M. langtry''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
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M. lassena''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
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M. laticeps''
Emerton, 1909 – USA, Canada
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M. lenzi''
Bösenberg, 1899 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South and north-eastern Siberia), Central Asia, China
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M. lindbergi''
Roewer, 1962 – Afghanistan
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M. logunovi''
Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – China
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M. longipes''
Emerton, 1890 – North America
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M. longispina''
Emerton, 1911 – USA, Canada
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M. marchesii''
(Caporiacco, 1936) – Libya
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M. marusiki''
Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – China
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M. medica''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Canada
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M. mexicana''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – Mexico
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M. mongunica''
Danilov, 1997 – Russia (South Siberia)
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M. mormon''
Gertsch, 1935 – North America
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M. nanella''
Gertsch, 1935 – USA, Mexico
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M. nivosa''
L. Koch, 1866 – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
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M. nye''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
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M. otero''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
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M. pallens''
Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
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M. pallida''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Tajikistan
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M. palliditarsa''
Banks, 1896 – USA, Mexico
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M. pallipes''
(Lucas, 1846) – Madeira, Mediterranean to Central Asia
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M. palma''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
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M. palmgreni''
Wunderlich, 1980 – Finland
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M. paralbofasciata''
Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China
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M. pasadena''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
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M. porta''
Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
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M. pulcherrima''
Caporiacco, 1935 – India, Pakistan, Russia (South Siberia), China
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Micaria p. flava''
Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
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M. pulicaria''
(Sundevall, 1831) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Japan
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M. punctata''
Banks, 1896 – USA
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M. riggsi''
Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Canada
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M. rossica''
Thorell, 1875 – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, Mongolia, China
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M. seminola''
Gertsch, 1942 – USA
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M. seymuria''
Tuneva, 2004 – Kazakhstan
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M. silesiaca''
L. Koch, 1875 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
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M. siniloana''
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
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M. sociabilis''
Kulczyński, 1897 – Europe, Azerbaijan
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M. subopaca''
Westring, 1861 – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia, Kamchatka)
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M. tarabaevi''
Mikhailov, 1988 – Kazakhstan
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M. tersissima''
Simon, 1910 – South Africa
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M. triangulosa''
Gertsch, 1935 – USA
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M. triguttata''
Simon, 1884 – Spain, France, Algeria
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M. tripunctata''
Holm, 1978 – USA (Alaska), Canada, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
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M. tuvensis''
Danilov, 1993 – Russia (Central Asia, South Siberia), Kazakhstan, China
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M. utahna''
Gertsch, 1933 – USA
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M. vinnula''
Gertsch & Davis, 1936 – USA
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M. violens''
Oliger, 1983 – Russia (Far East)
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M. xiningensis''
Hu, 2001 – China
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M. yeniseica''
Marusik & Koponen, 2002 – Russia (Middle Siberia)
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M. yushuensis''
Hu, 2001 – China
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M. zonsteini''
(Mikhailov, 2016) – Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan
References
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Gnaphosidae
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