Micaria is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.[1] They are 1.3 to 6.5 millimetres (0.051 to 0.256 in) long.[2]
Micaria pasadena Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – United States, Mexico
Micaria pulicaria (Sundevall, 1831) – Europe, Georgia, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Alaska, Canada, United States
Micaria rossica Thorell, 1875 – Alaska, Canada, United States, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
Micaria cimarron Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – United States
Micaria ciri Liu & Zhang, 2025 – China (Himalaya)
Micaria coarctata (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
Micaria coloradensis Banks, 1896 – Alaska, Canada, United States
Micaria constricta Emerton, 1894 – Canada, United States, Svalbard, Russia (Northern Europe to Middle Siberia)
Micaria corvina Simon, 1878 – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Israel
Micaria croesia L. Koch, 1873 – Australia (New South Wales)
Micaria cyrnea Brignoli, 1983 – France (Corsica), Italy, Greece
Micaria delicatula Bryant, 1941 – United States
Micaria deserticola Gertsch, 1933 – United States, Mexico
Micaria dives (Lucas, 1846) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Pakistan, India, China, Korea, Japan
Micaria rossica Thorell, 1875 – Alaska, Canada, United States, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
Micaria sanipass Booysen & Haddad, 2021 – South Africa
Micaria scutellata Booysen & Haddad, 2021 – South Africa
Micaria seminola Gertsch, 1942 – United States
Micaria seymuria Tuneva, 2004 – Kazakhstan
Micaria silesiaca L. Koch, 1875 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
Micaria yunshani Liu & Zhang, 2025 – China (Himalaya)
Micaria zonsteini (Mikhailov, 2016) – Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan
References
↑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 Handlingar2: 25–62.
↑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.
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Micaria fulgens
M. micans
M. tersissima
M. pulicaria
