Nearctic States & Provinces: CO MT UT
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/27507
Micaria coloradensis Banks, 1896
FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Genus: Micaria Westring, 1851
Species: Micaria coloradensis Banks, 1896
Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CO MT UT
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & 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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
(images not yet available)
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Micaria coloradensis Banks 1896 |
| Micaria rowani Gertsch 1942 |
| Micaria coloradensis Levi 1951 |
| Micaria jacksonia Levi & Levi 1951 |
| Micaria coloradensis Platnick & Shadab 1988 |
| Micaria coloradensis Platnick & Dondale 1992 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1896. New North American spiders and mites. Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 23: 57-77.
Gertsch, W. J. 1942. New American spiders of the family Clubionidae III. Am. Mus. Novit. 1195: 1-18.
Levi, H. W. 1951. New and rare spiders from Wisconsin and adjacent states. Am. Mus. Novit. 1501: 1-41.
Levi, H. W. & L. R. Levi. 1951. Report on a collection of spiders and harvestmen from Wyoming and neighboring states. Zoologica, N. Y. 36: 219-237.
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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/GNAPHOSIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Micaria Westring, 1851‡‡
M. aenea Thorell, 1871 ...............Holarctic
M. albovittata (Lucas, 1846) ...............Palearctic
M. alpina L. Koch, 1872 ...............Holarctic
M. browni Barnes, 1953 ...............USA
M. capistrano Platnick & Shadab, 1988 ...............USA, Mexico
M. cimarron Platnick & Shadab, 1988 ...............USA
M. constricta Emerton, 1894 ...............Holarctic
M. delicatula Bryant, 1941 ...............USA
M. deserticola Gertsch, 1933 ...............USA, Mexico
M. dives (Lucas, 1846) ...............Palearctic
M. elizabethae Gertsch, 1942 ...............USA, Canada
M. emertoni Gertsch, 1935 ...............North America
M. formicaria (Sundevall, 1831) ...............Palearctic
M. foxi Gertsch, 1933 ...............USA, Canada
M. gertschi Barrows & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA, Canada
M. gosiuta Gertsch, 1942 ...............USA, Mexico
M. guttulata (C. L. Koch, 1839) ...............Palearctic
M. icenoglei Platnick & Shadab, 1988 ...............USA
M. idana Platnick & Shadab, 1988 ...............USA, Canada
M. imperiosa Gertsch, 1935 ...............USA, Mexico
M. jeanae Gertsch, 1942 ...............USA, Mexico
M. langtry Platnick & Shadab, 1988 ...............USA
M. lassena Platnick & Shadab, 1988 ...............USA
M. laticeps Emerton, 1909 ...............USA, Canada
M. lenzi Bösenberg, 1899 ...............Palearctic
M. longipes Emerton, 1890 ...............North America
M. longispina Emerton, 1911 ...............USA, Canada
M. medica Platnick & Shadab, 1988 ...............USA, Canada
M. mormon Gertsch, 1935 ...............North America
M. nanella Gertsch, 1935 ...............USA, Mexico
M. nye Platnick & Shadab, 1988 ...............USA, Mexico
M. otero Platnick & Shadab, 1988 ...............USA
M. palliditarsa Banks, 1896 ...............USA, Mexico
M. palma Platnick & Shadab, 1988 ...............USA
M. pasadena Platnick & Shadab, 1988 ...............USA, Mexico
M. porta Platnick & Shadab, 1988 ...............USA, Mexico
M. pulicaria (Sundevall, 1831) ...............Holarctic
M. punctata Banks, 1896 ...............USA
M. riggsi Gertsch, 1942 ...............USA, Canada
M. rossica Thorell, 1875 ...............Holarctic
M. seminola Gertsch, 1942 ...............USA
M. silesiaca L. Koch, 1875 ...............Palearctic
M. subopaca Westring, 1861 ...............Palearctic
M. triangulosa Gertsch, 1935 ...............USA
M. tripunctata Holm, 1978 ...............Holarctic
M. utahna Gertsch, 1933 ...............USA
M. vinnula Gertsch & Davis, 1936 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution