Micaria

Micaria
Micaria fulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Micaria Westring, 1851
Species
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Micaria is a genus of ground spiders of the family Gnaphosidae which is found in the Holarctic, Indomalayan, Australasian and Afrotropical zoogeographic regions. The genus was first described in 1851 by the Swedish zoologist Niklas Westring. The type species of the genus is Micaria fulgens. These spiders often go by the common name of ant spiders due to their appearance which mimics ants. They hunt their prey on the ground and are mainly nocturnal, retiring to a retreat woven from silk during the day.

The following species are currently accepted by the World Spider Catalog.

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