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Micaria
Sign in to saveMicaria is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851. They are long.
Species
PHYLUM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyGnaphosidae
Observations recorded374,725,944
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 205
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Gnaphosidae
- Collections
- CHAS, SDNHM, DMNS, UNM, MNA, INHS
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gnaphosidae
- Image
- Micaria pulicaria.jpg
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- Commons category
- Micaria
- taxon name
- Micaria
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Micaria
- taxon author citation
- Westring, 1851
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
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Micaria is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851. They are long.
They are often called "ant spiders" due to their ant-like appearance and ant mimicking behavior.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Micaria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.