Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC ON YT AK CO CT MT NH WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/27562
Micaria pulicaria (Sundevall, 1831)
FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Genus: Micaria Westring, 1851
Species: Micaria pulicaria (Sundevall, 1831)
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC ON YT AK CO CT MT NH WA
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:
fields, meadows, deciduous and mixed deciduous and condiferous forests, bogs, fens
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)
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 3.3 mm
A = 1.42 mm
C = 0.99 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 3.89 mm
A = 1.44 mm
C = 0.98 mm
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
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.
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Clubiona pulicaria Sundevall 1831 |
| Micaria pulicaria Sundevall 1831 |
| Drassus nitens Blackwall 1833 |
| Drassus lugubris Walckenaer 1837 |
| Macaria corusca C. L. Koch 1837 |
| Macaria formosa C. L. Koch 1839 |
| Macaria nitens C. L. Koch 1839 |
| Drassus formosus Walckenaer 1847 |
| Micaria pulicaria Westring 1851 |
| Drassus micans Blackwall 1858 |
| Drassus micans Blackwall 1861 |
| Drassus nitens Blackwall 1861 |
| Micaria nitens Westring 1861 |
| Macaria lugubris Simon 1864 |
| Micaria pulicaria L. Koch 1866 |
| Macaria formosa Ohlert 1867 |
| Micaria pulicaria Thorell 1871 |
| Micaria pulicaria Menge 1872 |
| Micaria nitens Menge 1873 |
| Micaria pulicaria Hansen 1882 |
| Micaria montana Emerton 1890 |
| Micaria gentilis Banks 1896 |
| Micaria perfecta Banks 1896 |
| Micaria pulicaria Becker 1896 |
| Micaria pulicaria Chyzer & Kulczynski 1897 |
| Micaria pulicaria Bösenberg 1902 |
| Micaria similis Bösenberg 1902 |
| Micaria gentilis Emerton 1909 |
| Micaria pulicaria Charitonov 1926 |
| Micaria pulicaria Simon 1932 |
| Micaria pulicaria Reimoser 1937 |
| Micaria montana Chickering 1939 |
| Micaria pulicaria Palmgren 1943 |
| Micaria pulicaria Tullgren 1946 |
| Micaria montana Kaston 1948 |
| Micaria pulicaria Locket & Millidge 1951 |
| Micaria pulicaria Hackman 1954 |
| Micaria pulicaria Braendegaard 1966 |
| Micaria pulicaria Miller 1967 |
| Micaria pulicaria Johannessen 1968 |
| Micaria pulicaria Miller 1971 |
| Micaria pulicaria Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Micaria pulicaria Wozny 1973 |
| Micaria pulicaria Holm 1978 |
| Micaria pulicaria Wunderlich 1979 |
| Micaria pulicaria Roberts 1985 |
| Micaria pulicaria Yaginuma 1986 |
| Micaria pulicaria Platnick & Shadab 1988 |
| Micaria pulicaria Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Micaria pulicaria Kamura 1992 |
| Micaria pulicaria Noordam 1992 |
| Micaria pulicaria Platnick & Dondale 1992 |
| Micaria pulicaria Roberts 1995 |
| Micaria pulicaria Agnarsson 1996 |
| Micaria pulicaria Roberts 1998 |
| Micaria pulicaria Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Micaria pulicaria Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Micaria pulicaria Song, Zhu & Zhang 2004 |
| Micaria pulicaria Almquist 2006 |
Taxonomic References†
Agnarsson, I. 1996. Íslenskar köngulaer. Fjölrit Nàttùrufraedistofnunar 31: 1-175.
Almquist, S. 2006. Swedish Araneae, part 2--families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 63: 285-601.
Banks, N. 1896. A few new spiders. Canad. Ent. 28: 62-65.
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Becker, L. 1896. Les arachnides de Belgique. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. nat. Belg. 12: 1-3788.
Blackwall, J. 1861. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1: 1-174.
Blackwall, J. 1858. Descriptions of six newly discovered species and characters of a new genus of Araneida. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 1: 426-434.
Blackwall, J. 1833. Characters of some undescribed genera and species of Araneidae. Lond. Edinb. Phil. Mag. J. Sci. (3) 3: 104-112, 187-197, 344-352, 436-443.
Bösenberg, W. 1902. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14: 97-384.
Braendegaard, J. 1966. Edderkopper: Eller Spindlere I. Danmarks Fauna 72: 1-224.
Charitonov, D. E. 1926. Materialy k faounié paoukow Permskoy goubernii. Iejiegod. Zool. Mouz. Akad. Naouk SSSR. 26: 103-136.
Chickering, A. M. 1939. Anyphaenidae and Clubionidae of Michigan. Pap. Michig. Acad. Sci. 24: 49-84.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1897. Araneae hungariae. Budapest, 2: 151-366.
Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.
Emerton, J. H. 1890. New England spiders of the families Drassidae, Agalenidae and Dysderidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 166-206.
Hackman, W. 1954. The spiders of Newfoundland. Acta zool. fenn. 79: 1-99.
Hansen, H., J. 1882. Spindeldyr. In Schiödte, J. C. (ed.), Zoologia Danica. Kjöbenhavn, 3: 1-81, I-V.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Holm, Å. 1978. Spiders of the genus Micaria Westr. from the Torneträsk area in northern Swedish Lapland. Entomologica scand. 9: 68-74.
Johannessen, O. H. 1968. Micaria decorata Tullgren 1942 (Clubionidae, Araneae) new to Norway. Norsk ent. Tidsskr. 15: 37-39.
Kamura, T. 1992. Notes on Japanese gnaphosid spiders (V). Three rare species in Japan. Atypus 100: 17-22.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Koch, C. L. 1839. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Funfter Band, pp. 125-158, Sechster Band, pp. 1-156, Siebenter Band, pp. 1-106.
Koch, C. L. 1837. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Nürnberg, Heft 1, pp. 1-39.
Koch, L. 1866. Die Arachniden-Familie der Drassiden. Nürnberg, Hefte 1-6, pp. 1-304.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1951. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 1: 1-310.
Menge, A. 1873. Preussische Spinnen. VI. Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N. F.) 3: 327-374.
Menge, A. 1872. Preussische spinnen. V. Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N. F.) 2: 297-326.
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Miller, F. 1967. Studien über die Kopulationsorgane der Spinnengattung Zelotes, Micaria, Robertus und Dipoena nebst Beschreibung einiger neuen oder unvollkommen bekannten Spinnenarten. Prirodov. Pr. Cesk. Akad. Ved (N.S.) 1: 251-298.
Noordam, A. P. 1992. Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of the Netherlands, drawings, some notes, and some thoughts about ant-mimicry. Published by the author, Groenesteeg 104, 2312 SR Leiden, Netherlands.
Ohlert, E. 1867. Die Araneiden oder echten Spinnen der Provinz Preussen. Leipzig, pp. 1-172.
Palmgren, P. 1943. Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands II. Act. zool. Fennica 36: 1-115.
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.
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Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & F. Zhang. 2004. Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata Vol. 39: Arachnida: Araneae: Gnaphosidae. Science Press, Beijing, ix + 362 pp.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
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Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.
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Wozny, M. 1973. New data on the female of the spider Micaria nivosa L. Koch (Gnaphosidae). Przegl. Zool. 17: 53-54.
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Yaginuma, T. 1986. Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publ. Co., Osaka.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/GNAPHOSIDAE.html
Natural History References
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.
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. 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. 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
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: GNAPHOSIDAE, Micaria pulicaria (Sundevall, 1831).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/27562 (Accessed: 8/8/2008 3:24:29 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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