On the spider genus Arboricaria with the description of a new species (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)
Author
Mikhailov, Kirill G.
text
ZooKeys
2016
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153
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.558.6521
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.558.6521
1313-2970-558-153
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Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Gnaphosidae
Micaria Westring, 1851
Remarks.
Type
species.
Micaria fulgens
(Walckenaer, 1802), originally described as
Aranea fulgens
.
Diagnosis.
Gnaphosids of the "
Micaria
-group" (
Murphy 2007
), differing from
Arboricaria
by the more or less ovoid, posteriorly not truncate sternum in both sexes, the ovoid, not bulging bulbus with a mostly present median apophysis, the palpal tibial apophysis, sometimes poorly expressed, not bifid in males, the epigynal groove in females, if present, without distinctly chitinized posterior margins.
Composition.
101 species (
WSC
2015
).
Distribution.
Holarctic. Other records require confirmation.
An analysis of the new
Micaria
species described from the Palaearctic since
Bosmans and Blick (2000)
, all listed in
WSC (2015)
, shows no match with
Arboricaria
characters. Therefore, despite the previous neglect of
Arboricaria
, no new species of this genus have been described within
Micaria
sensu lato since 2000. In addition, all extra-Holarctic records of
Micaria
are doubtful; these species most likely belonging to other genera or even families (
Murphy 2007
).