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Micaria tripunctata Holm, 1978

	FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898     Genus: Micaria Westring, 1851         Species: Micaria tripunctata Holm, 1978
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Family Common Name:  stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT

Seasonality Specimen Search Specimen list 7, 7

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): coniferous forests, lakeshores
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Deciduous-dominant with coniferous understory, Control;

Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)

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Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Male Dimensions: A = 1.24 mm  A+B = 3.15 mm  C = 0.93 mm

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Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Female Dimensions: A = 1.33 mm  A+B = 3.7 mm  C = 0.92 mm

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Descriptions Source:
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.

Micaria tripunctata Holm 1978 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:246627

Micaria tripunctata Wunderlich 1979 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2095382

Micaria tripunctata Platnick & Shadab 1988 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2095383

Micaria tripunctata Platnick & Dondale 1992 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9736170

Micaria tripunctata Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2010964

Micaria tripunctata Almquist 2006

Almquist, S. 2006. Swedish Araneae, part 2--families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 63: 285-601.

Holm, Å. 1978. Spiders of the genus Micaria Westr. from the Torneträsk area in northern Swedish Lapland. Entomologica scand. 9: 68-74.

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.

Wunderlich, J. 1979. Revision der europäischen Arten der Gattung Micaria Westring 1851, mit Anmerkungen zu den übrigen paläarktischen Arten (Arachnida: Araneida: Gnaphosidae). Zool. Beitr. (N.F.) 25: 233-341.

^‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

Aitchison-Benell, C. W. & C. D. Dondale. 1990. A checklist of Manitoba spiders (Araneae) with notes on geographic relationships. Naturaliste can. 117: 215-237.

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Author of this page in progress: Shorthouse, David P. dshorthouse(at)eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2006-03-22T00:17:12Z