Genus of spiders
Micaria genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.[ 7] [ 8]
They are often called "ant spiders" due to their ant-like appearance and ant mimicking behavior .[ 9]
Species
As of May 2019[update] Holarctic , Indomalayan , Australasian and Afrotropical zoogeographic regions:[ 1]
M. aborigenica Mikhailov, 1988 – Russia (north-eastern Siberia)M. aciculata Simon , 1895M. aenea Thorell , 1871M. albofasciata Hu, 2001 – ChinaM. albovittata (Lucas, 1846) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Iran, Turkmenistan, ChinaM. alpina L. Koch , 1872M. alxa Tang, Urita, Song & Zhao, 1997 – ChinaM. beaufortia (Tucker, 1923) – South AfricaM. belezma Bosmans, 2000 – AlgeriaM. blicki Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008 – UkraineM. bonneti Schenkel, 1963 – Mongolia, ChinaM. bosmansi Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe)M. braendegaardi Denis, 1958 – AfghanistanM. brignolii (Bosmans & Blick, 2000) – Portugal, FranceM. browni Barnes, 1953 – USAM. camargo Platnick & Shadab, 1988M. capistrano Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, MexicoM. charitonovi Mikhailov & Ponomarev, 2008 – KazakhstanM. chrysis (Simon, 1910) – South AfricaM. cimarron Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USAM. coarctata (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central AsiaM. coloradensis Banks , 1896M. connexa O. Pickard-Cambridge , 1885M. constricta Emerton , 1894M. corvina Simon, 1878 – Algeria, Tunisia, IsraelM. croesia L. Koch, 1873 – Australia (New South Wales)M. cyrnea Brignoli , 1983M. delicatula Bryant, 1941 – USAM. deserticola Gertsch , 1933M. dives (Lucas, 1846) – Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, India, China, Korea, Japan
M. donensis Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006 – Russia (Europe)M. elizabethae Gertsch, 1942 – USA, CanadaM. emertoni Gertsch, 1935 – North AmericaM. faltana Bhattacharya, 1935 – IndiaM. formicaria (Sundevall , 1831) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, ChinaM. foxi Gertsch, 1933 – USA, CanadaM. fulgens (Walckenaer, 1802) (type ) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Central Asia, ChinaM. funerea Simon, 1878 – Spain, France (Corsica), Bulgaria, Russia (Caucasus)M. galilaea Levy, 2009 – IsraelM. gertschi Barrows & Ivie , 1942 – USA, CanadaM. gomerae Strand , 1911M. gosiuta Gertsch, 1942 – USA, MexicoM. gulliae Tuneva & Esyunin, 2003 – Russia (Europe), KazakhstanM. guttigera Simon, 1878 – Portugal, Spain, FranceM. guttulata (C. L. Koch , 1839) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, KyrgyzstanM. icenoglei Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USAM. idana Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, CanadaM. ignea (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Canary Is., Algeria, Spain, Greece (Crete), Cyprus, Egypt, Yemen, Israel, Syria, Iran, Central AsiaM. imperiosa Gertsch, 1935 – USA, MexicoM. inornata L. Koch, 1873 – AustraliaM. japonica Hayashi, 1985 – Russia (Far East), Korea, JapanM. jeanae Gertsch, 1942 – USA, MexicoM. jinlin Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – ChinaM. kopetdaghensis Mikhailov, 1986 – Caucasus to Central AsiaM. langtry Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USAM. lassena Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USAM. laticeps Emerton, 1909 – USA, CanadaM. lenzi Bösenberg, 1899 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South and north-eastern Siberia), Central Asia, ChinaM. lindbergi Roewer , 1962M. logunovi Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – ChinaM. longipes Emerton, 1890 – North AmericaM. longispina Emerton, 1911 – USA, CanadaM. marchesii (Caporiacco, 1936) – LibyaM. marusiki Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – ChinaM. medica Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, CanadaM. mexicana Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – MexicoM. mongunica Danilov, 1997 – Russia (South Siberia)M. mormon Gertsch, 1935 – North AmericaM. nanella Gertsch, 1935 – USA, MexicoM. nivosa L. Koch, 1866 – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), KazakhstanM. nye Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, MexicoM. otero Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USAM. pallens Denis, 1958 – AfghanistanM. pallida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – TajikistanM. palliditarsa Banks, 1896 – USA, MexicoM. pallipes (Lucas, 1846) – Madeira, Mediterranean to Central AsiaM. palma Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USAM. palmgreni Wunderlich, 1980 – FinlandM. paralbofasciata Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – ChinaM. pasadena Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, MexicoM. porta Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, MexicoM. pulcherrima Caporiacco, 1935 – India, Pakistan, Russia (South Siberia), China
M. pulicaria (Sundevall, 1831) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, JapanM. punctata Banks, 1896 – USAM. riggsi Gertsch, 1942 – USA, CanadaM. rossica Thorell, 1875 – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, Mongolia, ChinaM. seminola Gertsch, 1942 – USAM. seymuria Tuneva, 2004 – KazakhstanM. silesiaca L. Koch, 1875 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)M. siniloana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – PhilippinesM. sociabilis Kulczyński , 1897M. subopaca Westring, 1861 – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia, Kamchatka)M. tarabaevi Mikhailov, 1988 – KazakhstanM. tersissima Simon, 1910 – South AfricaM. triangulosa Gertsch, 1935 – USAM. triguttata Simon, 1884 – Spain, France, AlgeriaM. tripunctata Holm, 1978 – USA (Alaska), Canada, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)M. tuvensis Danilov, 1993 – Russia (Central Asia, South Siberia), Kazakhstan, ChinaM. utahna Gertsch, 1933 – USAM. vinnula Gertsch & Davis, 1936 – USAM. violens Oliger, 1983 – Russia (Far East)M. xiningensis Hu, 2001 – ChinaM. yeniseica Marusik & Koponen, 2002 – Russia (Middle Siberia)M. yushuensis Hu, 2001 – ChinaM. zonsteini (Mikhailov, 2016) – Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan
References
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