araneae - Micaria tripunctata

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Micaria tripunctata Holm, 1978

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027579

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Description

Embolus long, broadest at half of its length. Epigyne with relatively narrow anterior margin

Body length male: 4.3-4.4 mm
Body length female: 4.3-4.4 mm

Distribution

Presence

No data

Distribution comment: Norway: Farlund

Global distribution (WSC 2026): Northern Europe, Italy (Alps), Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Alaska, Canada

Figures

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Platnick & Shadab 1988)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Platnick & Shadab 1988)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pantini et al. 2020b)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pantini et al. 2020b)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Tuneva 2007)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tuneva 2007)

Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)

Epigyne
(Platnick & Shadab 1988)

Epigyne
(Pantini et al. 2020b)

Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Epigyne
(Tuneva 2007)

Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)

Vulva
(Platnick & Shadab 1988)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Pantini et al. 2020b)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Tuneva 2007)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)

Habitus, dorsal view
(Tuneva 2007)

Distribution List

Finland (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Italy (Pantini et al., 2020b) ||| Norway (Farlund, 2019) ||| Russia, Eastern (no references) ||| Russia, Northern (Esyunin & Kazantsev, 2008; Koponen et al., 1998) ||| Russia, Western (no references) ||| Sweden (Kronestedt, 2001) |||

References

Almquist S (2007) Swedish Araneae, part 2 – families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 63(2006): 285-601

Esyunin S L, Kazantsev D K (2008) On the spider (Aranei) fauna of the Pechoro-Ilychskiy Reserve (north Urals), with the description of a new Agroeca species (Liocranidae). Arthropoda Selecta 16: 245-250

Farlund M (2019) Norwegian Spiders - Norske edderkopper. Siste oppdatering for funn av nye arter 10. oktober, 2019. Online at http://crocea.wordpress.com/norsk-artsliste/

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm

Koponen S, Marusik Y M, Tanasevitch A V (1998) New data on the spider fauna of the Polar Urals (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 6: 109-119

Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]

Liu B, Zhang F (2025) Revision of the genus Micaria Westring, 1851 from China (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 5645: 1-114

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Pantini P, Mazzoleni F, Gobbi M, Pedrotti L (2020b) Ragni (Arachnida, Araneae) di interesse biogeografico e conservazionistico nel parco nazionale dello Stelvio (Italia). Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi", Bergamo 33: 23-53

Platnick N I, Shadab M U (1988) A revision of the American spiders of the genus Micaria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2916: 1-64

Tuneva T K (2007) Review of the family Gnaphosidae in the Ural fauna (Aranei). 5. Genera Micaria Westring, 1851 and Arboricaria Bosmans, 2000. Arthropoda Selecta 15: 229-250

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2

Updates

11-01-2026	Image insert
07-08-2025	Distribution update	Detail
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24-05-2020	Distribution insert	Detail
04-02-2019	Distribution update	Detail
26-10-2015	Distribution update	Detail