Nearctic States & Provinces: AB ON YT CO WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/27567
Micaria rossica Thorell, 1875
FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Genus: Micaria Westring, 1851
Species: Micaria rossica Thorell, 1875
Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB ON YT CO WY
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 rossica Thorell 1875 |
| Micaria scenica Simon 1878 |
| Micaria centrocnemis Kulczynski 1885 |
| Micaria albocincta Banks 1901 |
| Micaria scenica Lessert 1910 |
| Micaria scenica Simon 1932 |
| Micaria hissarica Charitonov 1951 |
| Micaria shadini Charitonov 1951 |
| Micaria berlandi Schenkel 1963 |
| Micaria fagei Schenkel 1963 |
| Micaria scenica Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Micaria centrocnemis Wunderlich 1979 |
| Micaria rossica Wunderlich 1979 |
| Micaria scenica Wunderlich 1979 |
| Micaria rossica Mikhailov & Fet 1986 |
| Micaria taiguica Tu & Zhu 1986 |
| Micaria rossica Mikhailov 1988 |
| Micaria rossica Platnick & Shadab 1988 |
| Micaria scenica Hu & Wu 1989 |
| Micaria rossica Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Micaria rossica Platnick & Dondale 1992 |
| Micaria rossica Mikhailov 1995 |
| Micaria rossica Danilov 1996 |
| Micaria rossica Mikhailov & Marusik 1996 |
| Micaria rossica Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Micaria rossica Pesarini 2000 |
| Micaria rossica Hu 2001 |
| Micaria rossica Song, Zhu & Chen 2001 |
| Micaria rossica Song, Zhu & Zhang 2004 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1901. Some Arachnida from New Mexico. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 53: 568-597.
Charitonov, D. E. 1951. Pauki i senokoscy. In Uscel'e Kondara. Moscow, pp. 209-216.
Danilov, S. N. 1996. New data on the spider genus Micaria Westring, 1851 in Asia (Aranei Gnaphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 5(3/4): 113-116.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Hu, J. L. 2001. Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp.
Hu, J. L. & W. G. Wu. 1989. Spiders from agricultural regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Shandong Univ. Publ. House, Jinan, 435 pp.
Kulczynski, W. 1885. Araneae in Camtschadalia a Dre B. Dybowski collectae. Pam. Akad. umiej. Krakow 11: 1-60.
Lessert, R. de. 1910. Catalogue des invertebres de la Suisse. Fasc. 3, Araignées. Musée d'histoire naturelle de Genève, pp. 1-635.
Mikhailov, K. G. 1995. Micaria rossica Thorels [sic], 1875 = M. zhadini [sic] Charitonov, 1951 = M. hissarica Charitonov, 1951, syn. n. (Aranei, Gnaphosidae). Vestn. Zool. 1995(1): 54.
Mikhailov, K. G. 1988. Contribution to the spider fauna of the genus Micaria Westring, 1851 of the USSR. I (Aranei, Gnaphosidae). Spixiana 10: 319-334.
Mikhailov, K. G. & V. Y. Fet. 1986. [Contribution to the spider fauna (Aranei) of Turkmenia. I. Families Anyphaenidae, Sparassidae, Zoridae, Clubionidae, Micariidae, Oxyopidae]. Sb. Trud. gos. Zool. Muz. 24: 168-186.
Mikhailov, K. G. & Y. M. Marusik. 1996. Spiders of the north-east of the USSR. Families Clubionidae, Zoridae, Liocranidae and Gnaphosidae (genus Micaria) (Arachnida, Aranei). In Entomological Studies in the North-East of the USSR. USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biologica
Pesarini, C. 2000. Contributo alla conoscenza della fauna araneologica italiana (Araneae). Mem. Soc. entomol. ital. 78: 379-393.
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.
Schenkel, E. 1963. Ostasiatische Spinnen aus dem Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris (A, Zool.) 25: 1-481.
Simon, E. 1932. Les arachnides de France. Tome VI. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 4e partie. Paris, 6: 773-978.
Simon, E. 1878. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 4: 1-334.
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. 2001. The Fauna of Hebei, China: Araneae. Hebei Science Technol. Publ. House, 510 pp.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Thorell, T. 1875. Verzeichniss südrussischer Spinnen. Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 11: 39-122.
Thorell, T. 1875. Descriptions of several European and North African spiders. Kongl. Svenska. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 13(5): 1-203.
Tu, H. S. & M. S. Zhu. 1986. New records and one new species of spiders from China. J. Hebei Normal Univ. (nat. Sci. Ed.) 1986(2): 88-97.
Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.
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 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. 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. 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