Species Micaria gosiuta

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

M. gosiuta male - Micaria gosiuta - male

M. gosiuta female - Micaria gosiuta - female

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 gosiuta (Micaria gosiuta)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Gertsch 1942.

Size

Males: ~4.3 mm(1)

Females: ~4.9 mm(1)

Identification

Palp

Epigynum

Range

"Oregon and Idaho south to Baja California Sur and Sonora"(1)

Remarks

"This species resembles M. longipes and M. delicatula but can be distinguised by the basal bulge on the retrolateral tibial apophysis of males and the relatively short paramedian epigynal ducts of females."(1)

See Also

M. longipes

M. delicatula

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 Ken Schneider on 18 November, 2018 - 6:49pm
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 12 March, 2023 - 1:58pm

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