Micaria riggsi Gertsch, 1942
| FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898 Genus: Micaria Westring, 1851 Species: Micaria riggsi Gertsch, 1942  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
ON AZ CO
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† ground runners
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): reclaimed mine tailings;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
| Micaria riggsi Gertsch 1942 |
| Micaria riggsi Kaston 1948 |
| Micaria riggsi Platnick & Shadab 1988 |
| Micaria riggsi Platnick & Dondale 1992 |
| Micaria riggsi Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References‡
Gertsch, W. J. 1942. New American spiders of the family Clubionidae III. Am. Mus. Novit. 1195: 1-18. 
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Platnick, N. I. & C. D. Dondale. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.
Platnick, N. I. & M. U. Shadab. 1988. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Micaria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 2916: 1-64.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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