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Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Micaria  Westring, 1851   35 species

Micaria guttigera Simon, 1878

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027528

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Description
Male

Palp: tibial apophysis straight, embolus not screwed, cymbium with 4 bristles. Retinaculum broad and elongated. Prosoma length: 1.5-2.0 mm.

Body length male: 3.2-6 mm
Female

Prosoma compact. Tibia I-II ventrally with 2-3 pairs of bristles. Epigyne without deep groove, anteriorly with wide, slightly curved transversal ridge. Femur I-II dorsally with one basal bristle. Prosoma length: 2.6 mm.

Body length female: 3.2-6 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, Spain, France
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Simon 1932)

species

female Epigyne
(Simon 1932)

Distribution List
Andorra   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Simon E (1932) Les arachnides de France 6 (4). Paris (Roret): 773-978 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
05-06-2025 Distribution update Detail
13-06-2016 Datasheet update Detail