Species Micaria jeanae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Works Cited

M. jeanae female - Micaria jeanae - 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 jeanae (Micaria jeanae)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Identification

Epigynum

Range

"Southwestern United States and western Mexico (1)"

Habitat

"Specimens have been taken in pinyon pine and juniper, eucalyptus duff, and Bermuda grass, under rocks, on beaches, and in buildings, at elevations up to 3600 ft (1)".

Season

Mature males: late February to late August(1)

Mature females: late March to mid-November(1)

Remarks

"This species seems closest to M. pasadena but can be distinguished by the two equally long tibial apophyses of males and the narrow, hood-like anterior epigynal margin of females."(1)

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 6 April, 2019 - 10:13pm
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 12 March, 2023 - 7:44pm

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