Micaria

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Micaria
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
File:Micaria female rear.jpg
female Micaria sp.
File:Micaria beaufortia 299775485 540092222.jpg
male M. beaufortia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Micaria
Westring, 1851[1]
Type species
M. fulgens
(Walckenaer, 1802)
Species

127, see text

Synonyms[1]

Micaria is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.[7] They are 1.3 to 6.5 millimetres (0.051 to 0.256 in) long.[8]

They are often called "ant spiders" due to their ant-like appearance and ant mimicking behavior.[9]

Distribution

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Spiders in this genus are found in the Holarctic, Indomalayan, Australasian and Afrotropical zoogeographic regions.[1]

Species

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As of September 2025 the genus contains 127 species and two subspecies.[1]

These species have articles on Wikipedia:

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