Micaria

Micaria is a genus of 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 mimicking behavior.

Distribution

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

Species

the genus contains 127 species and two subspecies.

These species have articles on Wikipedia:

• Micaria beaufortia <small>(, 1923)</small> – Ethiopia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho
• Micaria chrysis <small>(Simon, 1910)</small> – Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho
• Micaria dives <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Pakistan, India, China, Korea, Japan
• Micaria gertschi <small>Barrows & Ivie, 1942</small> – Canada, United States
• Micaria longipes <small>Emerton, 1890</small> – Canada, United States, Mexico
• Micaria longispina <small>Emerton, 1911</small> – Canada, United States
• Micaria pasadena <small>Platnick & , 1988</small> – United States, Mexico
• Micaria pulicaria <small>(Sundevall, 1831)</small> – Europe, Georgia, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Alaska, Canada, United States
• Micaria rossica <small>Thorell, 1875</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
• Micaria tersissima <small>Simon, 1910</small> – South Africa

• Micaria aborigenica <small>Mikhailov, 1988</small> – Russia (north-eastern Siberia)
• Micaria aciculata <small>Simon, 1895</small> – Russia (South Siberia)
• Micaria aenea <small>Thorell, 1871</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
• Micaria albofasciata <small>Hu, 2001</small> – China (Himalaya)
• Micaria albovittata <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Iran, Turkmenistan, China?
• Micaria alpina <small>L. Koch, 1872</small> – Alaska, Canada, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan
• Micaria atropatene <small>Zamani & Marusik, 2021</small> – Azerbaijan, Iran
• Micaria basaliducta <small> & Haddad, 2021</small> – South Africa
• Micaria beaufortia <small>(, 1923)</small> – Ethiopia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho
• Micaria belezma <small>Bosmans, 2000</small> – Algeria
• Micaria bimaculata <small>Booysen & , 2021</small> – Mauritania
• Micaria bispicula <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Namibia, South Africa
• Micaria bonneti <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> – Mongolia, China
• Micaria bosmansi <small>Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008</small> – Turkey, Ukraine, Russia (Europe, Caucasus)
• Micaria braendegaardi <small>Denis, 1958</small> – Afghanistan
• Micaria brignolii <small>(Bosmans & Blick, 2000)</small> – Portugal, Spain, France
• Micaria browni <small>Barnes, 1953</small> – United States
• Micaria camargo <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – Mexico
• Micaria capistrano <small>Platnick & , 1988</small> – United States, Mexico
• Micaria charitonovi <small>Mikhailov & Ponomarev, 2008</small> – Kazakhstan
• Micaria chrysis <small>(Simon, 1910)</small> – Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho
• Micaria cimarron <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States
• Micaria ciri <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
• Micaria coarctata <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> – Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
• Micaria coloradensis <small>Banks, 1896</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States
• Micaria constricta <small>Emerton, 1894</small> – Canada, United States, Svalbard, Russia (Northern Europe to Middle Siberia)
• Micaria corvina <small>Simon, 1878</small> – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Israel
• Micaria croesia <small>L. Koch, 1873</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Micaria cyrnea <small>Brignoli, 1983</small> – France (Corsica), Italy, Greece
• Micaria delicatula <small>Bryant, 1941</small> – United States
• Micaria deserticola <small>Gertsch, 1933</small> – United States, Mexico
• Micaria dives <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Pakistan, India, China, Korea, Japan
• Micaria dives concolor <small>(Caporiacco, 1935)</small> – Pakistan (Karakorum)
• Micaria donensis <small>Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006</small> – Ukraine, Russia (Europe)
• Micaria durbana <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Zambia, South Africa
• Micaria elizabethae <small>Gertsch, 1942</small> – Canada, United States
• Micaria emertoni <small>Gertsch, 1935</small> – Canada, United States, Mexico
• Micaria everest <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
• Micaria faltana <small>Bhattacharya, 1935</small> – India
• Micaria felix <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Cameroon, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
• Micaria formicaria <small>(Sundevall, 1831)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, China
• Micaria foxi <small>Gertsch, 1933</small> – Canada, United States
• Micaria fulgens <small>(Walckenaer, 1802)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China (type species)
• Micaria funerea <small>Simon, 1878</small> – Spain, France (Corsica), Bulgaria, Russia (Caucasus)
• Micaria gagnoa <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Mozambique
• Micaria galilaea <small>, 2009</small> – Israel
• Micaria ganzi <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China
• Micaria geralt <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
• Micaria gertschi <small>Barrows & Ivie, 1942</small> – Canada, United States
• Micaria gomerae <small>Strand, 1911</small> – Canary Islands
• Micaria gosiuta <small>Gertsch, 1942</small> – United States, Mexico
• Micaria gulliae <small>Tuneva & Esyunin, 2003</small> – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
• Micaria guttigera <small>Simon, 1878</small> – Portugal, Spain, France
• Micaria guttulata <small>(C. L. Koch, 1839)</small> – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
• Micaria icenoglei <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States
• Micaria idana <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – Canada, United States
• Micaria ignea <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872</small> – Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Yemen, Israel, Syria, Azerbaijan, Iran, Central Asia
• Micaria imperiosa <small>Gertsch, 1935</small> – United States, Mexico
• Micaria inornata <small>L. Koch, 1873</small> – Australia
• Micaria japonica <small>Hayashi, 1985</small> – Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan
• Micaria jeanae <small>Gertsch, 1942</small> – United States, Mexico
• Micaria jinlin <small>Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004</small> – China
• Micaria koingnaas <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – South Africa
• Micaria kopetdaghensis <small>Mikhailov, 1986</small> – Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkmenistan
• Micaria langtry <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States
• Micaria lassena <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States
• Micaria lata <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Namibia, South Africa
• Micaria laticeps <small>Emerton, 1909</small> – Canada, United States
• Micaria laxa <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – South Africa
• Micaria lenzi <small>, 1899</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South and north-eastern Siberia), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China
• Micaria lindbergi <small>Roewer, 1962</small> – Afghanistan
• Micaria longimana <small>Suzuki, 2022</small> – China, Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
• Micaria longipes <small>Emerton, 1890</small> – Canada, United States, Mexico
• Micaria longispina <small>Emerton, 1911</small> – Canada, United States
• Micaria marchesii <small>(Caporiacco, 1936)</small> – Libya
• Micaria marusiki <small>Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001</small> – China
• Micaria medica <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – Canada, United States
• Micaria mediospina <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – South Africa
• Micaria mexicana <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – Mexico
• Micaria micans <small>(Blackwall, 1858)</small> – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China
• Micaria mongunica <small>Danilov, 1997</small> – Russia (South Siberia)
• Micaria mormon <small>Gertsch, 1935</small> – Canada, United States, Mexico
• Micaria nanella <small>Gertsch, 1935</small> – United States, Mexico
• Micaria nivosa <small>L. Koch, 1866</small> – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, China
• Micaria nye <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States, Mexico
• Micaria otero <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States, Mexico
• Micaria pallens <small>Denis, 1958</small> – Afghanistan
• Micaria palliditarsus <small>Banks, 1896</small> – United States, Mexico
• Micaria pallipes <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> – Azores, Madeira, Mediterranean, Russia (Europe), Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China
• Micaria palma <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States
• Micaria palmgreni <small>Wunderlich, 1980</small> – Finland
• Micaria paralbofasciata <small>Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004</small> – China (Himalaya)
• Micaria parvotibialis <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Senegal
• Micaria pasadena <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States, Mexico
• Micaria plana <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Ethiopia
• Micaria porta <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – Canada, United States
• Micaria pulcherrima <small>Caporiacco, 1935</small> – Pakistan, India, Russia (South Siberia), China, Korea
• Micaria pulcherrima flava <small>Caporiacco, 1935</small> – Pakistan (Karakorum)
• Micaria pulicaria <small>(Sundevall, 1831)</small> – Europe, Georgia, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Alaska, Canada, United States
• Micaria punctata <small>Banks, 1896</small> – United States
• Micaria quadrata <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Ethiopia
• Micaria quinquemaculosa <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Namibia, South Africa
• Micaria riggsi <small>Gertsch, 1942</small> – Canada, United States
• Micaria rivonosy <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Madagascar
• Micaria rossica <small>Thorell, 1875</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
• Micaria sanipass <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – South Africa
• Micaria scutellata <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – South Africa
• Micaria seminola <small>Gertsch, 1942</small> – United States
• Micaria seymuria <small>Tuneva, 2004</small> – Kazakhstan
• Micaria silesiaca <small>L. Koch, 1875</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
• Micaria siniloana <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> – Philippines
• Micaria sociabilis <small>Kulczyński, 1897</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan)
• Micaria subopaca <small>Westring, 1861</small> – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia, Kamchatka), Georgia, Iran
• Micaria tarabaevi <small>Mikhailov, 1988</small> – Kazakhstan
• Micaria tersissima <small>Simon, 1910</small> – South Africa
• Micaria triangulosa <small>Gertsch, 1935</small> – United States
• Micaria triguttata <small>Simon, 1884</small> – Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria
• Micaria tripunctata <small>Holm, 1978</small> – Northern Europe, Italy (Alps), Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Alaska, Canada
• Micaria tuvensis <small>Danilov, 1993</small> – Russia (Central Asia, South Siberia), Kazakhstan, China
• Micaria utahna <small>Gertsch, 1933</small> – Canada, United States
• Micaria vinnula <small>Gertsch & Davis, 1936</small> – United States
• Micaria violens <small>Oliger, 1983</small> – Russia (Far East)
• Micaria xinglongi <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
• Micaria xizang <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
• Micaria ya <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China
• Micaria yeniseica <small>Marusik & Koponen, 2002</small> – Russia (Middle Siberia, Kamchatka)
• Micaria yeti <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
• Micaria yunshani <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
• Micaria zonsteini <small>(Mikhailov, 2016)</small> – Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan

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