Micaria fulgens (Walckenaer, 1802)
Description
Male palp with short segments. Cymbium with 4 bristles. Epigyne with very broad transverse bar. Chelicerae covered with long, grey hairs and with striking, mostly dense copper coloured scale-hairs. Femur I and II dorsally with one bristle, femur III and IV dorsally with 2 bristles.
Body length male: 3.5-5.5 mmBody length female: 5.0-6.0 mm
Additional information
An warm slopes, screes and on buildings
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Reimoser 1937)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Murphy 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Murphy 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Tuneva 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tuneva 2007)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Embolus, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Cymbium
(Reimoser 1937)
Tip of cymbium, ventral view
(Tuneva 2007)
Palpal tibia, dorso-retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Tuneva 2007)
Chelicera
(Murphy 2007)
Opisthosoma
(Murphy 2007)
Epigyne
(Brændegaard 1966)
Epigyne
(Miller 1971)
Epigyne
(Murphy 2007)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Tuneva 2007)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Vulva
(Miller 1971)
Vulva
(Reimoser 1937)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Murphy 2007)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Zamani et al. 2020c)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Coşar & Danışman 2021a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2021a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tuneva 2007)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Vulva, ventral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Vulva, ventral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Sternum
(Murphy 2007)
Habitus
(Murphy 2007)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Ocular area
(Murphy 2007)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Tuneva 2007)
Spinnerets
(Murphy 2007)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Tuneva 2007)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
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