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Micaria gertschi Barrows & Ivie, 1942
FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Genus: Micaria Westring, 1851
Species: Micaria gertschi Barrows & Ivie, 1942
Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB ON CO NH
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 gertschi Barrows & Ivie 1942 |
| Micaria gertschi Gertsch 1942 |
| Micaria gertschi Platnick & Shadab 1988 |
| Micaria gertschi Platnick & Dondale 1992 |
Taxonomic References†
Barrows, W. M. & W. Ivie. 1942. Some new spiders from Ohio. Ohio J. Sci. 42: 20-23.
Gertsch, W. J. 1942. New American spiders of the family Clubionidae III. Am. Mus. Novit. 1195: 1-18.
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. coloradensis Banks, 1896 ...............USA, Canada
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. 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