Biology:Microsa

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Microsa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Microsa
Platnick & Shadab, 1977[1]
Type species
M. chickeringi
Platnick & Shadab, 1977
Species
  • Platnick, 1978 – Bahama Is. Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Virgin Is.
  • M. cubitas M. chickeringi
  • Alayón & Platnick, 1993 – Cuba M. gertschi

Microsa is a genus of Caribbean ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1977.[2] (As of May 2019) it contains only three species: M. chickeringi, M. cubitas, and M. gertschi.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Microsa Platnick & Shadab, 1977". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/960. Retrieved 2019-06-04. 
  2. Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1977). "A new genus of the spider subfamily Gnaphosinae from the Virgin Islands (Araneae, Gnaphosidae).". Journal of Arachnology 3: 191–194. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2181188 entry