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)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Sollfors, Stefan
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:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Micaria silesiaca L. Koch 1875 |
| Micaria socialis L. Koch 1877 |
| Micaria hospes Kulczynski 1882 |
| Micaria hospes Chyzer & Kulczynski 1897 |
| Micaria silesiaca Bösenberg 1902 |
| Micaria simplex Bösenberg 1902 |
| Micaria socialis Bösenberg 1902 |
| Micaria silesiaca Miller 1936 |
| Micaria silesiaca Reimoser 1937 |
| Micaria simplex Reimoser 1937 |
| Micaria socialis Reimoser 1937 |
| Micaria silesiaca Palmgren 1943 |
| Micaria silesiaca Tullgren 1946 |
| Micaria silesiaca Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Micaria silesiaca Locket, Millidge & La Touche 1958 |
| Micaria silesiaca Cooke 1963 |
| Micaria silesiaca Miller 1967 |
| Micaria silesiaca Miller 1971 |
| Micaria silesiaca Prószynski & Starega 1971 |
| Micaria silesiaca Locket, Millidge & Merrett 1974 |
| Micaria silesiaca Wunderlich 1979 |
| Micaria simplex Wunderlich 1979 |
| Micaria silesiaca Roberts 1985 |
| Micaria silesiaca Thaler & Noflatscher 1990 |
| Micaria silesiaca Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Micaria simplex Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Micaria silesiaca Noordam 1992 |
| Micaria silesiaca Roberts 1995 |
| Micaria silesiaca Roberts 1998 |
| Micaria silesiaca Marusik et al. 2002 |
| Micaria silesiaca Almquist 2006 |
Taxonomic References†
Almquist, S. 2006. Swedish Araneae, part 2--families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 63: 285-601.
Bösenberg, W. 1902. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14: 97-384.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1897. Araneae hungariae. Budapest, 2: 151-366.
Cooke, J. A. L. 1963. A preliminary account of the spiders of the Flatford Mill region, East Suffolk. Trans. Suffolk Nat. Soc. 12: 155-176.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Koch, L. 1877. Verzeichniss der bei Nürnberg bis jetzt beobachteten Arachniden (mit Ausschluss der Ixodiden und Acariden) und Beschreibungen von neuen, hier vorkommenden Arten. Abh. naturh. Ges. Nürnberg 6: 113-198.
Koch, L. 1875. Beschreibungen einiger von Herrn Dr Zimmermann bei Niesky in der oberlausitz und im Riesengebirge entdeckter neuer Spinnenarten. Abh. naturf. Ges. Görlitz 15: 1-21.
Kulczynski, W. 1882. Opisy nowych Gatunkow Pajakow, z Tatra, Babiej gory i Karpat szlazkich przez. Pam. Akad. umiej. Krakow 8: 1-42.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.
Locket, G. H., A. F. Millidge & A. A. D. La Touche. 1958. On new and rare British spiders. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (13)1: 137-146.
Locket, G. H., A. F. Millidge & P. Merrett. 1974. British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Marusik, Y. M., S. Koponen, N. N. Vinokurov & S. N. Nogovitsyna. 2002. Spiders (Aranei) from northernmost forest-tundra of northeastern Yakutia (70º35'N, 134º34'E) with description of three new species. Arthropoda Selecta 10: 351-370.
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.
Miller, F. 1936. Pavoucí biocoenosa v pencovy[acute accent over]ch pahorku[circle over] v okolí Stub. Teplic. Veda Prírodní 17: 127-128, 261-264.
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.
Palmgren, P. 1943. Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands II. Act. zool. Fennica 36: 1-115.
Prószynski, J. & W. Starega. 1971. Paja
Reimoser, E. 1937. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. VII. Gnaphosidae oder Plattbauchspinnen. In Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, 33(16): 1-41.
Roberts, M. J. 1998. Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1995. Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1985. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
Thaler, K. & M.-T. Noflatscher. 1990. Neue und bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Südtirol (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröff. Mus. Ferdinandeum Innsbr. 69: 169-190.
Tullgren, A. 1946. Svenska spindelfauna: 3. Egentliga spindlar. Araneae. Fam. 5-7. Clubionidae, Zoridae och Gnaphosidae. Entomologiska Föreningen, Stockholm, 141 pp.
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. rossica Thorell, 1875 ...............Holarctic
M. seminola Gertsch, 1942 ...............USA
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