Micrommata
Micrommata is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.[3]
| Micrommata | |
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| M. virescens, male, on a gravel road in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Micrommata Latreille, 1804[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. virescens (Clerck, 1757) | |
| Species | |
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6, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
As of September 2019 it contains six species and one subspecies, all with a palaearctic distribution except M. darlingi, endemic to South Africa:[1]
- Micrommata aljibica Urones, 2004 – Spain
- Micrommata aragonensis Urones, 2004 – Spain
- Micrommata darlingi Pocock, 1901 – South Africa
- Micrommata formosa Pavesi, 1878 – Algeria to Israel
- Micrommata ligurina (C. L. Koch, 1845) – Mediterranean to Central Asia
- Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
- Micrommata v. ornata (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe, Syria, Israel
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See also
References
- "Gen. Micrommata Latreille, 1804". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- Jäger, P. (1999). "Sparassidae - the valid scientific name for the huntsman spiders (Arachnida: Araneae)". Arachnologische Mitteilungen. 17: 6.
- Latreille, P. A. (1804). "Tableau methodique des Insectes". Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 24: 129–295.
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