''Micaria'' is a genus of Gnaphosidae, ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851. They are long. They are often called "ant spiders" due to their ant-like appearance and ant mimicry, ant mimicking behavior.

Species

it contains 105 species and two subspecies found in the Holarctic, Indomalayan, Australasian and Afrotropical Zoogeography, zoogeographic regions: *''Micaria aborigenica, M. aborigenica'' Mikhailov, 1988 – Russia (north-eastern Siberia) *''Micaria aciculata, M. aciculata'' Eugène Simon, Simon, 1895 – Russia (South Siberia) *''Micaria aenea, M. aenea'' Tamerlan Thorell, Thorell, 1871 – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan *''Micaria albofasciata, M. albofasciata'' Hu, 2001 – China *''Micaria albovittata, M. albovittata'' (Lucas, 1846) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Iran, Turkmenistan, China *''Micaria alpina, M. alpina'' Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, L. Koch, 1872 – USA (Alaska), Canada, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan *''Micaria alxa, M. alxa'' Tang, Urita, Song & Zhao, 1997 – China *''Micaria beaufortia, M. beaufortia'' (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa *''Micaria belezma, M. belezma'' Bosmans, 2000 – Algeria *''Micaria blicki, M. blicki'' Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008 – Ukraine *''Micaria bonneti, M. bonneti'' Schenkel, 1963 – Mongolia, China *''Micaria bosmansi, M. bosmansi'' Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe) *''Micaria braendegaardi, M. braendegaardi'' Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan *''Micaria brignolii, M. brignolii'' (Bosmans & Blick, 2000) – Portugal, France *''Micaria browni, M. browni'' Barnes, 1953 – USA *''Micaria camargo, M. camargo'' Norman I. Platnick, Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – Mexico *''Micaria capistrano, M. capistrano'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico *''Micaria charitonovi, M. charitonovi'' Mikhailov & Ponomarev, 2008 – Kazakhstan *''Micaria chrysis, M. chrysis'' (Simon, 1910) – South Africa *''Micaria cimarron, M. cimarron'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA *''Micaria coarctata, M. coarctata'' (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia *''Micaria coloradensis, M. coloradensis'' Nathan Banks, Banks, 1896 – USA, Canada *''Micaria connexa, M. connexa'' Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – China (Yarkand) *''Micaria constricta, M. constricta'' James Henry Emerton, Emerton, 1894 – North America, Svalbard, Russia (Northern Europe to Middle Siberia) *''Micaria corvina, M. corvina'' Simon, 1878 – Algeria, Tunisia, Israel *''Micaria croesia, M. croesia'' L. Koch, 1873 – Australia (New South Wales) *''Micaria cyrnea, M. cyrnea'' Paolo Brignoli, Brignoli, 1983 – France (Corsica), Italy, Greece *''Micaria delicatula, M. delicatula'' Bryant, 1941 – USA *''Micaria deserticola, M. deserticola'' Willis J. Gertsch, Gertsch, 1933 – USA, Mexico *''Micaria dives, M. dives'' (Lucas, 1846) – Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, India, China, Korea, Japan **''Micaria dives, Micaria d. concolor'' (Lodovico di Caporiacco, Caporiacco, 1935) – Karakorum *''Micaria donensis, M. donensis'' Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006 – Russia (Europe) *''Micaria elizabethae, M. elizabethae'' Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Canada *''Micaria emertoni, M. emertoni'' Gertsch, 1935 – North America *''Micaria faltana, M. faltana'' Bhattacharya, 1935 – India *''Micaria formicaria, M. formicaria'' (Carl Jakob Sundevall, Sundevall, 1831) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China *''Micaria foxi, M. foxi'' Gertsch, 1933 – USA, Canada *''Micaria fulgens, M. fulgens'' (Walckenaer, 1802) (Type species, type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Central Asia, China *''Micaria funerea, M. funerea'' Simon, 1878 – Spain, France (Corsica), Bulgaria, Russia (Caucasus) *''Micaria galilaea, M. galilaea'' Levy, 2009 – Israel *''Micaria gertschi, M. gertschi'' Barrows & Wilton Ivie, Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada *''Micaria gomerae, M. gomerae'' Embrik Strand, Strand, 1911 – Canary Is. *''Micaria gosiuta, M. gosiuta'' Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Mexico *''Micaria gulliae, M. gulliae'' Tuneva & Esyunin, 2003 – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan *''Micaria guttigera, M. guttigera'' Simon, 1878 – Portugal, Spain, France *''Micaria guttulata, M. guttulata'' (Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, C. L. Koch, 1839) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan *''Micaria icenoglei, M. icenoglei'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA *''Micaria idana, M. idana'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Canada *''Micaria ignea, M. ignea'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Canary Is., Algeria, Spain, Greece (Crete), Cyprus, Egypt, Yemen, Israel, Syria, Iran, Central Asia *''Micaria imperiosa, M. imperiosa'' Gertsch, 1935 – USA, Mexico *''Micaria inornata, M. inornata'' L. Koch, 1873 – Australia *''Micaria japonica, M. japonica'' Hayashi, 1985 – Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan *''Micaria jeanae, M. jeanae'' Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Mexico *''Micaria jinlin, M. jinlin'' Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China *''Micaria kopetdaghensis, M. kopetdaghensis'' Mikhailov, 1986 – Caucasus to Central Asia *''Micaria langtry, M. langtry'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA *''Micaria lassena, M. lassena'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA *''Micaria laticeps, M. laticeps'' Emerton, 1909 – USA, Canada *''Micaria lenzi, M. lenzi'' Bösenberg, 1899 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South and north-eastern Siberia), Central Asia, China *''Micaria lindbergi, M. lindbergi'' Carl Friedrich Roewer, Roewer, 1962 – Afghanistan *''Micaria logunovi, M. logunovi'' Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – China *''Micaria longipes, M. longipes'' Emerton, 1890 – North America *''Micaria longispina, M. longispina'' Emerton, 1911 – USA, Canada *''Micaria marchesii, M. marchesii'' (Caporiacco, 1936) – Libya *''Micaria marusiki, M. marusiki'' Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – China *''Micaria medica, M. medica'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Canada *''Micaria mexicana, M. mexicana'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – Mexico *''Micaria mongunica, M. mongunica'' Danilov, 1997 – Russia (South Siberia) *''Micaria mormon, M. mormon'' Gertsch, 1935 – North America *''Micaria nanella, M. nanella'' Gertsch, 1935 – USA, Mexico *''Micaria nivosa, M. nivosa'' L. Koch, 1866 – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan *''Micaria nye, M. nye'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico *''Micaria otero, M. otero'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA *''Micaria pallens, M. pallens'' Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan *''Micaria pallida, M. pallida'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Tajikistan *''Micaria palliditarsa, M. palliditarsa'' Banks, 1896 – USA, Mexico *''Micaria pallipes, M. pallipes'' (Lucas, 1846) – Madeira, Mediterranean to Central Asia *''Micaria palma, M. palma'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA *''Micaria palmgreni, M. palmgreni'' Wunderlich, 1980 – Finland *''Micaria paralbofasciata, M. paralbofasciata'' Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China *''Micaria pasadena, M. pasadena'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico *''Micaria porta, M. porta'' Platnick & Shadab, 1988 – USA, Mexico *''Micaria pulcherrima, M. pulcherrima'' Caporiacco, 1935 – India, Pakistan, Russia (South Siberia), China **''Micaria pulcherrima, Micaria p. flava'' Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum *''Micaria pulicaria, M. pulicaria'' (Sundevall, 1831) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Japan *''Micaria punctata, M. punctata'' Banks, 1896 – USA *''Micaria riggsi, M. riggsi'' Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Canada *''Micaria rossica, M. rossica'' Thorell, 1875 – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, Mongolia, China *''Micaria seminola, M. seminola'' Gertsch, 1942 – USA *''Micaria seymuria, M. seymuria'' Tuneva, 2004 – Kazakhstan *''Micaria silesiaca, M. silesiaca'' L. Koch, 1875 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia) *''Micaria siniloana, M. siniloana'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *''Micaria sociabilis, M. sociabilis'' Władysław Kulczyński, Kulczyński, 1897 – Europe, Azerbaijan *''Micaria subopaca, M. subopaca'' Westring, 1861 – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia, Kamchatka) *''Micaria tarabaevi, M. tarabaevi'' Mikhailov, 1988 – Kazakhstan *''Micaria tersissima, M. tersissima'' Simon, 1910 – South Africa *''Micaria triangulosa, M. triangulosa'' Gertsch, 1935 – USA *''Micaria triguttata, M. triguttata'' Simon, 1884 – Spain, France, Algeria *''Micaria tripunctata, M. tripunctata'' Holm, 1978 – USA (Alaska), Canada, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East) *''Micaria tuvensis, M. tuvensis'' Danilov, 1993 – Russia (Central Asia, South Siberia), Kazakhstan, China *''Micaria utahna, M. utahna'' Gertsch, 1933 – USA *''Micaria vinnula, M. vinnula'' Gertsch & Davis, 1936 – USA *''Micaria violens, M. violens'' Oliger, 1983 – Russia (Far East) *''Micaria xiningensis, M. xiningensis'' Hu, 2001 – China *''Micaria yeniseica, M. yeniseica'' Marusik & Koponen, 2002 – Russia (Middle Siberia) *''Micaria yushuensis, M. yushuensis'' Hu, 2001 – China *''Micaria zonsteini, M. zonsteini'' (Mikhailov, 2016) – Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan

References

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