Microsa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • M. chickeringi Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Virgin Is.
  • M. cubitas Alayón & Platnick, 1993 – Cuba
  • M. gertschi Platnick, 1978 – Bahama Is.

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 it contains only three species: M. chickeringi, M. cubitas, and M. gertschi.[1]

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ 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.


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