Species Micaria medica

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Gnaphosidae (Ground Spiders)

Genus Micaria

Species medica (Micaria medica)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Size

Males: ~2.5 mm(1)

Females: ~3.0 mm(1)

Identification

Epigynum

Range

Alberta and North Dakota south to Colorado (1) BugGuide also has a record from Texas.

Remarks

Distinguished from M. idana and M. longispina by the absence of a median apophysis in males and by the entire anterior epigynal margin of females.(1)

See Also

M. idana

M. longispina

Works Cited

1.	A Revision of the American Spiders of the Genus Micaria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) Platnick, Norman I. & Mohammad U. Shadab. 1988. American Museum Novitates, 2916: 1-64.

Contributed by Chad Heins on 19 March, 2018 - 3:57pm
Last updated 12 March, 2023 - 7:59pm

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