Micaria
Micaria is a genus of ground spiders 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, Indomalayan, Australasian and Afrotropical zoogeographic regions:
- M. aborigenica Mikhailov, 1988 – Russia
- M. aciculata Simon, 1895 – Russia
- M. aenea Thorell, 1871 – North America, Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan
- M. albofasciata Hu, 2001 – China
- M. albovittata – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan, China
- M. alpina L. Koch, 1872 – USA, Canada, Europe, Russia, Japan
- M. alxa Tang, Urita, Song & Zhao, 1997 – China
- M. beaufortia – South Africa
- M. belezma Bosmans, 2000 – Algeria
- M. blicki Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008 – Ukraine
- M. bonneti Schenkel, 1963 – Mongolia, China
- M. bosmansi Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008 – Ukraine, Russia
- M. braendegaardi Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
- M. brignolii – Portugal, France
- M. browni Barnes, 1953 – USA
- M. camargo Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – Mexico
- M. capistrano Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
- M. charitonovi Mikhailov & Ponomarev, 2008 – Kazakhstan
- M. chrysis – South Africa
- M. cimarron Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
- M. coarctata – Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
- M. coloradensis Banks, 1896 – USA, Canada
- M. connexa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – China
- M. constricta Emerton, 1894 – North America, Svalbard, Russia
- M. corvina Simon, 1878 – Algeria, Tunisia, Israel
- M. croesia L. Koch, 1873 – Australia
- M. cyrnea Brignoli, 1983 – France, Italy, Greece
- M. delicatula Bryant, 1941 – USA
- M. deserticola Gertsch, 1933 – USA, Mexico
- M. dives – Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia, Central Asia, India, China, Korea, Japan
- *Micaria d. concolor – Karakorum
- M. donensis Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006 – Russia
- M. elizabethae Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Canada
- M. emertoni Gertsch, 1935 – North America
- M. faltana Bhattacharya, 1935 – India
- M. formicaria – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, China
- M. foxi Gertsch, 1933 – USA, Canada
- M. fulgens – Europe, Caucasus, Russia, Central Asia, China
- M. funerea Simon, 1878 – Spain, France, Bulgaria, Russia
- M. galilaea Levy, 2009 – Israel
- M. gertschi Barrows & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada
- M. gomerae Strand, 1911 – Canary Is.
- M. gosiuta Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Mexico
- M. gulliae Tuneva & Esyunin, 2003 – Russia, Kazakhstan
- M. guttigera Simon, 1878 – Portugal, Spain, France
- M. guttulata – Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
- M. icenoglei Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
- M. idana Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Canada
- M. ignea – Canary Is., Algeria, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Yemen, Israel, Syria, Iran, Central Asia
- M. imperiosa Gertsch, 1935 – USA, Mexico
- M. inornata L. Koch, 1873 – Australia
- M. japonica Hayashi, 1985 – Russia, Korea, Japan
- M. jeanae Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Mexico
- M. jinlin Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China
- M. kopetdaghensis Mikhailov, 1986 – Caucasus to Central Asia
- M. langtry Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
- M. lassena Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
- M. laticeps Emerton, 1909 – USA, Canada
- M. lenzi Bösenberg, 1899 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia, Central Asia, China
- M. lindbergi Roewer, 1962 – Afghanistan
- M. logunovi Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – China
- M. longipes Emerton, 1890 – North America
- M. longispina Emerton, 1911 – USA, Canada
- M. marchesii – Libya
- M. marusiki Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – China
- M. medica Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Canada
- M. mexicana Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – Mexico
- M. mongunica Danilov, 1997 – Russia
- M. mormon Gertsch, 1935 – North America
- M. nanella Gertsch, 1935 – USA, Mexico
- M. nivosa L. Koch, 1866 – Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan
- M. nye Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
- M. otero Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
- M. pallens Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
- M. pallida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Tajikistan
- M. palliditarsa Banks, 1896 – USA, Mexico
- M. pallipes – Madeira, Mediterranean to Central Asia
- M. palma Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA
- M. palmgreni Wunderlich, 1980 – Finland
- M. paralbofasciata Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China
- M. pasadena Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
- M. porta Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico
- M. pulcherrima Caporiacco, 1935 – India, Pakistan, Russia, China
- *Micaria p. flava Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
- M. pulicaria – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Central Asia, China, Japan
- M. punctata Banks, 1896 – USA
- M. riggsi Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Canada
- M. rossica Thorell, 1875 – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
- M. seminola Gertsch, 1942 – USA
- M. seymuria Tuneva, 2004 – Kazakhstan
- M. silesiaca L. Koch, 1875 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia
- M. siniloana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- M. sociabilis Kulczyński, 1897 – Europe, Azerbaijan
- M. subopaca Westring, 1861 – Europe, Russia
- M. tarabaevi Mikhailov, 1988 – Kazakhstan
- M. tersissima Simon, 1910 – South Africa
- M. triangulosa Gertsch, 1935 – USA
- M. triguttata Simon, 1884 – Spain, France, Algeria
- M. tripunctata Holm, 1978 – USA, Canada, Northern Europe, Russia
- M. tuvensis Danilov, 1993 – Russia, Kazakhstan, China
- M. utahna Gertsch, 1933 – USA
- M. vinnula Gertsch & Davis, 1936 – USA
- M. violens Oliger, 1983 – Russia
- M. xiningensis Hu, 2001 – China
- M. yeniseica Marusik & Koponen, 2002 – Russia
- M. yushuensis Hu, 2001 – China
- M. zonsteini – Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan
