Microsa
| Microsa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Microsa Platnick & Shadab, 1977[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. chickeringi Platnick & Shadab, 1977 | |
| Species | |
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Microsa is a genus of Caribbean ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1977.[2] As of May 2019[update] it contains only three species: M. chickeringi, M. cubitas, and M. gertschi.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Microsa Platnick & Shadab, 1977". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ↑ Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1977). "A new genus of the spider subfamily Gnaphosinae from the Virgin Islands (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 3: 191–194.