# Micaria

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = 
| image = Micaria female rear.jpg
| image_caption = female ''Micaria'' sp.
| image2 = Micaria beaufortia 299775485 540092222.jpg
| image2_caption = male ''M. beaufortia''
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Palaeogene|present}}
| taxon = Micaria
| authority = [Westring](/source/Niklas_Westring), 1851<ref name=wsc />
| type_species = ''[M. fulgens](/source/Micaria_fulgens)''
| type_species_authority = ([Walckenaer](/source/Charles_Athanase_Walckenaer), 1802)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 127, see text
| synonyms = {{Specieslist
    |Arboricaria|Bosmans, 2000<ref name=Wund2017 /><ref name=Brei2017 />
    |Castanilla|[Caporiacco](/source/Lodovico_di_Caporiacco), 1936<ref name=Hadd2013 />
    |Epikurtomma|Tucker, 1923><ref name=Murp2007 />
    |Micariolepis|[Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1879<ref name=Wund1980 />
  }}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=wsc />
}}

'''''Micaria''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [ground spiders](/source/Gnaphosidae) that was first described by [Niklas Westring](/source/Niklas_Westring) in 1851.<ref name=West1851 /> They are {{convert|1.3|to|6.5|mm}} long.<ref name=Plat1988 />

They are often called "ant spiders" due to their ant-like appearance and [ant mimicking behavior](/source/ant_mimicry).<ref name=Wong2016 />

==Distribution==
Spiders in this genus are found in the [Holarctic](/source/Holarctic), [Indomalayan](/source/Indomalayan), [Australasia](/source/Australasia)n and [Afrotropical](/source/Afrotropical) [zoogeographic](/source/Zoogeography) regions.<ref name=wsc />

==Species==
{{as of|2025|9}} the genus contains 127 species and two subspecies.<ref name=wsc />

These species have articles on Wikipedia:
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* ''[Micaria beaufortia](/source/Micaria_beaufortia)'' <small>([Tucker](/source/%3Aspecies%3ARichard_William_Ethelbert_Tucker), 1923)</small> – [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia), [Namibia](/source/Namibia), [Botswana](/source/Botswana), [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe), [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa), [Lesotho](/source/Lesotho)
* ''[Micaria chrysis](/source/Micaria_chrysis)'' <small>([Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1910)</small> – [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast), Ethiopia, [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania), Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho
* ''[Micaria dives](/source/Micaria_dives)'' <small>([Lucas](/source/Hippolyte_Lucas), 1846)</small> – Europe, North Africa, [Turkey](/source/Turkey), [Israel](/source/Israel), [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus), [Russia](/source/Russia) (Europe to Far East), [Iran](/source/Iran), [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan), Central Asia, [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), [India](/source/India), [China](/source/China), [Korea](/source/Korea), [Japan](/source/Japan)
* ''[Micaria gertschi](/source/Micaria_gertschi)'' <small>Barrows & Ivie, 1942</small> – [Canada](/source/Canada), [United States](/source/United_States)
* ''[Micaria longipes](/source/Micaria_longipes)'' <small>[Emerton](/source/James_Henry_Emerton), 1890</small> – Canada, United States, [Mexico](/source/Mexico)
* ''[Micaria longispina](/source/Micaria_longispina)'' <small>Emerton, 1911</small> – Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria pasadena](/source/Micaria_pasadena)'' <small>[Platnick](/source/Norman_I._Platnick) & [Shadab](/source/%3Aspecies%3AMohammad_Umar_Shadab), 1988</small> – United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria pulicaria](/source/Micaria_pulicaria)'' <small>([Sundevall](/source/Carl_Jakob_Sundevall), 1831)</small> – Europe, [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(country)), Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Japan, [Alaska](/source/Alaska), Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria rossica](/source/Micaria_rossica)'' <small>[Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell), 1875</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, [Mongolia](/source/Mongolia), China
* ''[Micaria tersissima](/source/Micaria_tersissima)'' <small>Simon, 1910</small> – South Africa
{{Div col end}}

<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Pavouk01700.JPG|''Micaria fulgens''
Micaria micans - harry beaman - 570089624.jpeg|''M. micans''
Micaria tersissima - Ruan Booysen - 134333196.jpeg|''M. tersissima''
Micaria pulicaria 03.JPG|''M. pulicaria''
</gallery>

{{Collapse top|Complete species list {{as of|2025|9|lc=yes}}}}
{{Div col}}
* ''[Micaria aborigenica](/source/Micaria_aborigenica)'' <small>Mikhailov, 1988</small> – [Russia](/source/Russia) (north-eastern Siberia)
* ''[Micaria aciculata](/source/Micaria_aciculata)'' <small>[Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1895</small> – Russia (South Siberia)
* ''[Micaria aenea](/source/Micaria_aenea)'' <small>[Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell), 1871</small> – [Alaska](/source/Alaska), [Canada](/source/Canada), [United States](/source/United_States), [Europe](/source/Europe), Russia (Europe to Far East), [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan)
* ''[Micaria albofasciata](/source/Micaria_albofasciata)'' <small>Hu, 2001</small> – [China](/source/China) (Himalaya)
* ''[Micaria albovittata](/source/Micaria_albovittata)'' <small>([Lucas](/source/Hippolyte_Lucas), 1846)</small> – Europe, [Turkey](/source/Turkey), [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus), Russia (Europe to Central Asia), [Iran](/source/Iran), [Turkmenistan](/source/Turkmenistan), [China](/source/China)?
* ''[Micaria alpina](/source/Micaria_alpina)'' <small>[L. Koch](/source/Ludwig_Carl_Christian_Koch), 1872</small> – Alaska, Canada, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), [Japan](/source/Japan)
* ''[Micaria atropatene](/source/Micaria_atropatene)'' <small>Zamani & [Marusik](/source/Yuri_M._Marusik), 2021</small> – [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan), Iran
* ''[Micaria basaliducta](/source/Micaria_basaliducta)'' <small>[Booysen](/source/%3Aspecies%3ARuan_Booysen) & Haddad, 2021</small> – [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
* ''[Micaria beaufortia](/source/Micaria_beaufortia)'' <small>([Tucker](/source/%3Aspecies%3ARichard_William_Ethelbert_Tucker), 1923)</small> – [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia), [Namibia](/source/Namibia), [Botswana](/source/Botswana), [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe), [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique), South Africa, [Lesotho](/source/Lesotho)
* ''[Micaria belezma](/source/Micaria_belezma)'' <small>Bosmans, 2000</small> – [Algeria](/source/Algeria)
* ''[Micaria bimaculata](/source/Micaria_bimaculata)'' <small>Booysen & [Haddad](/source/%3Aspecies%3ACharles_Richard_Haddad), 2021</small> – [Mauritania](/source/Mauritania)
* ''[Micaria bispicula](/source/Micaria_bispicula)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Namibia, South Africa
* ''[Micaria bonneti](/source/Micaria_bonneti)'' <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> – [Mongolia](/source/Mongolia), China
* ''[Micaria bosmansi](/source/Micaria_bosmansi)'' <small>Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2008</small> – Turkey, [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine), Russia (Europe, Caucasus)
* ''[Micaria braendegaardi](/source/Micaria_braendegaardi)'' <small>Denis, 1958</small> – [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan)
* ''[Micaria brignolii](/source/Micaria_brignolii)'' <small>(Bosmans & Blick, 2000)</small> – [Portugal](/source/Portugal), [Spain](/source/Spain), [France](/source/France)
* ''[Micaria browni](/source/Micaria_browni)'' <small>Barnes, 1953</small> – United States
* ''[Micaria camargo](/source/Micaria_camargo)'' <small>[Platnick](/source/Norman_I._Platnick) & Shadab, 1988</small> – [Mexico](/source/Mexico)
* ''[Micaria capistrano](/source/Micaria_capistrano)'' <small>Platnick & [Shadab](/source/%3Aspecies%3AMohammad_Umar_Shadab), 1988</small> – United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria charitonovi](/source/Micaria_charitonovi)'' <small>Mikhailov & Ponomarev, 2008</small> – Kazakhstan
* ''[Micaria chrysis](/source/Micaria_chrysis)'' <small>(Simon, 1910)</small> – [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast), Ethiopia, [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania), Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho
* ''[Micaria cimarron](/source/Micaria_cimarron)'' <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States
* ''[Micaria ciri](/source/Micaria_ciri)'' <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
* ''[Micaria coarctata](/source/Micaria_coarctata)'' <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> – [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean), [Eastern Europe](/source/Eastern_Europe), Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, [Central Asia](/source/Central_Asia)
* ''[Micaria coloradensis](/source/Micaria_coloradensis)'' <small>Banks, 1896</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria constricta](/source/Micaria_constricta)'' <small>Emerton, 1894</small> – Canada, United States, [Svalbard](/source/Svalbard), Russia (Northern Europe to Middle Siberia)
* ''[Micaria corvina](/source/Micaria_corvina)'' <small>Simon, 1878</small> – [Morocco](/source/Morocco), Algeria, [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia), [Israel](/source/Israel)
* ''[Micaria croesia](/source/Micaria_croesia)'' <small>L. Koch, 1873</small> – [Australia](/source/Australia) (New South Wales)
* ''[Micaria cyrnea](/source/Micaria_cyrnea)'' <small>Brignoli, 1983</small> – France (Corsica), [Italy](/source/Italy), [Greece](/source/Greece)
* ''[Micaria delicatula](/source/Micaria_delicatula)'' <small>Bryant, 1941</small> – United States
* ''[Micaria deserticola](/source/Micaria_deserticola)'' <small>[Gertsch](/source/Willis_J._Gertsch), 1933</small> – United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria dives](/source/Micaria_dives)'' <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> – Europe, [North Africa](/source/North_Africa), Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), [India](/source/India), China, [Korea](/source/Korea), Japan
** ''[Micaria dives concolor](/source/Micaria_dives_concolor)'' <small>([Caporiacco](/source/Ludovico_di_Caporiacco), 1935)</small> – Pakistan (Karakorum)
* ''[Micaria donensis](/source/Micaria_donensis)'' <small>Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006</small> – Ukraine, Russia (Europe)
* ''[Micaria durbana](/source/Micaria_durbana)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – [Zambia](/source/Zambia), South Africa
* ''[Micaria elizabethae](/source/Micaria_elizabethae)'' <small>Gertsch, 1942</small> – Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria emertoni](/source/Micaria_emertoni)'' <small>Gertsch, 1935</small> – Canada, United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria everest](/source/Micaria_everest)'' <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
* ''[Micaria faltana](/source/Micaria_faltana)'' <small>Bhattacharya, 1935</small> – India
* ''[Micaria felix](/source/Micaria_felix)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon), Ethiopia, [Malawi](/source/Malawi), Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
* ''[Micaria formicaria](/source/Micaria_formicaria)'' <small>([Sundevall](/source/Carl_Jakob_Sundevall), 1831)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, China
* ''[Micaria foxi](/source/Micaria_foxi)'' <small>Gertsch, 1933</small> – Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria fulgens](/source/Micaria_fulgens)'' <small>([Walckenaer](/source/Charles_Walckenaer), 1802)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China (type species)
* ''[Micaria funerea](/source/Micaria_funerea)'' <small>Simon, 1878</small> – Spain, France (Corsica), [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria), Russia (Caucasus)
* ''[Micaria gagnoa](/source/Micaria_gagnoa)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Mozambique
* ''[Micaria galilaea](/source/Micaria_galilaea)'' <small>[Levy](/source/%3Aspecies%3AGershom_Levy), 2009</small> – Israel
* ''[Micaria ganzi](/source/Micaria_ganzi)'' <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China
* ''[Micaria geralt](/source/Micaria_geralt)'' <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
* ''[Micaria gertschi](/source/Micaria_gertschi)'' <small>Barrows & Ivie, 1942</small> – Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria gomerae](/source/Micaria_gomerae)'' <small>[Strand](/source/Embrik_Strand), 1911</small> – [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands)
* ''[Micaria gosiuta](/source/Micaria_gosiuta)'' <small>Gertsch, 1942</small> – United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria gulliae](/source/Micaria_gulliae)'' <small>Tuneva & Esyunin, 2003</small> – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
* ''[Micaria guttigera](/source/Micaria_guttigera)'' <small>Simon, 1878</small> – Portugal, Spain, France
* ''[Micaria guttulata](/source/Micaria_guttulata)'' <small>([C. L. Koch](/source/Carl_Ludwig_Koch), 1839)</small> – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan)
* ''[Micaria icenoglei](/source/Micaria_icenoglei)'' <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States
* ''[Micaria idana](/source/Micaria_idana)'' <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria ignea](/source/Micaria_ignea)'' <small>[O. Pickard-Cambridge](/source/Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge), 1872</small> – [Cape Verde](/source/Cape_Verde), Canary Islands, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, Greece, [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus), [Egypt](/source/Egypt), [Yemen](/source/Yemen), Israel, [Syria](/source/Syria), [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan), Iran, Central Asia
* ''[Micaria imperiosa](/source/Micaria_imperiosa)'' <small>Gertsch, 1935</small> – United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria inornata](/source/Micaria_inornata)'' <small>L. Koch, 1873</small> – Australia
* ''[Micaria japonica](/source/Micaria_japonica)'' <small>Hayashi, 1985</small> – Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan
* ''[Micaria jeanae](/source/Micaria_jeanae)'' <small>Gertsch, 1942</small> – United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria jinlin](/source/Micaria_jinlin)'' <small>Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004</small> – China
* ''[Micaria koingnaas](/source/Micaria_koingnaas)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – South Africa
* ''[Micaria kopetdaghensis](/source/Micaria_kopetdaghensis)'' <small>Mikhailov, 1986</small> – Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkmenistan
* ''[Micaria langtry](/source/Micaria_langtry)'' <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States
* ''[Micaria lassena](/source/Micaria_lassena)'' <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States
* ''[Micaria lata](/source/Micaria_lata)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Namibia, South Africa
* ''[Micaria laticeps](/source/Micaria_laticeps)'' <small>Emerton, 1909</small> – Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria laxa](/source/Micaria_laxa)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – South Africa
* ''[Micaria lenzi](/source/Micaria_lenzi)'' <small>[Bösenberg](/source/%3Aspecies%3AFriedrich_Wilhelm_B%C3%B6senberg), 1899</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South and north-eastern Siberia), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China
* ''[Micaria lindbergi](/source/Micaria_lindbergi)'' <small>[Roewer](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Roewer), 1962</small> – Afghanistan
* ''[Micaria longimana](/source/Micaria_longimana)'' <small>Suzuki, 2022</small> – China, Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
* ''[Micaria longipes](/source/Micaria_longipes)'' <small>Emerton, 1890</small> – Canada, United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria longispina](/source/Micaria_longispina)'' <small>Emerton, 1911</small> – Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria marchesii](/source/Micaria_marchesii)'' <small>(Caporiacco, 1936)</small> – [Libya](/source/Libya)
* ''[Micaria marusiki](/source/Micaria_marusiki)'' <small>Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001</small> – China
* ''[Micaria medica](/source/Micaria_medica)'' <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria mediospina](/source/Micaria_mediospina)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – South Africa
* ''[Micaria mexicana](/source/Micaria_mexicana)'' <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – Mexico
* ''[Micaria micans](/source/Micaria_micans)'' <small>([Blackwall](/source/John_Blackwall), 1858)</small> – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China
* ''[Micaria mongunica](/source/Micaria_mongunica)'' <small>Danilov, 1997</small> – Russia (South Siberia)
* ''[Micaria mormon](/source/Micaria_mormon)'' <small>Gertsch, 1935</small> – Canada, United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria nanella](/source/Micaria_nanella)'' <small>Gertsch, 1935</small> – United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria nivosa](/source/Micaria_nivosa)'' <small>L. Koch, 1866</small> – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, China
* ''[Micaria nye](/source/Micaria_nye)'' <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria otero](/source/Micaria_otero)'' <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria pallens](/source/Micaria_pallens)'' <small>Denis, 1958</small> – Afghanistan
* ''[Micaria palliditarsus](/source/Micaria_palliditarsus)'' <small>Banks, 1896</small> – United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria pallipes](/source/Micaria_pallipes)'' <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> – [Azores](/source/Azores), [Madeira](/source/Madeira), Mediterranean, Russia (Europe), Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China
* ''[Micaria palma](/source/Micaria_palma)'' <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States
* ''[Micaria palmgreni](/source/Micaria_palmgreni)'' <small>[Wunderlich](/source/J%C3%B6rg_Wunderlich), 1980</small> – [Finland](/source/Finland)
* ''[Micaria paralbofasciata](/source/Micaria_paralbofasciata)'' <small>Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004</small> – China (Himalaya)
* ''[Micaria parvotibialis](/source/Micaria_parvotibialis)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – [Senegal](/source/Senegal)
* ''[Micaria pasadena](/source/Micaria_pasadena)'' <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – United States, Mexico
* ''[Micaria plana](/source/Micaria_plana)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Ethiopia
* ''[Micaria porta](/source/Micaria_porta)'' <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1988</small> – Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria pulcherrima](/source/Micaria_pulcherrima)'' <small>Caporiacco, 1935</small> – Pakistan, India, Russia (South Siberia), China, Korea
** ''[Micaria pulcherrima flava](/source/Micaria_pulcherrima_flava)'' <small>Caporiacco, 1935</small> – Pakistan (Karakorum)
* ''[Micaria pulicaria](/source/Micaria_pulicaria)'' <small>(Sundevall, 1831)</small> – Europe, [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(country)), Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Alaska, Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria punctata](/source/Micaria_punctata)'' <small>Banks, 1896</small> – United States
* ''[Micaria quadrata](/source/Micaria_quadrata)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Ethiopia
* ''[Micaria quinquemaculosa](/source/Micaria_quinquemaculosa)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – Namibia, South Africa
* ''[Micaria riggsi](/source/Micaria_riggsi)'' <small>Gertsch, 1942</small> – Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria rivonosy](/source/Micaria_rivonosy)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar)
* ''[Micaria rossica](/source/Micaria_rossica)'' <small>Thorell, 1875</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
* ''[Micaria sanipass](/source/Micaria_sanipass)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – South Africa
* ''[Micaria scutellata](/source/Micaria_scutellata)'' <small>Booysen & Haddad, 2021</small> – South Africa
* ''[Micaria seminola](/source/Micaria_seminola)'' <small>Gertsch, 1942</small> – United States
* ''[Micaria seymuria](/source/Micaria_seymuria)'' <small>Tuneva, 2004</small> – Kazakhstan
* ''[Micaria silesiaca](/source/Micaria_silesiaca)'' <small>L. Koch, 1875</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
* ''[Micaria siniloana](/source/Micaria_siniloana)'' <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> – [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
* ''[Micaria sociabilis](/source/Micaria_sociabilis)'' <small>[Kulczyński](/source/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kulczy%C5%84ski), 1897</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan)
* ''[Micaria subopaca](/source/Micaria_subopaca)'' <small>Westring, 1861</small> – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia, Kamchatka), Georgia, Iran
* ''[Micaria tarabaevi](/source/Micaria_tarabaevi)'' <small>Mikhailov, 1988</small> – Kazakhstan
* ''[Micaria tersissima](/source/Micaria_tersissima)'' <small>Simon, 1910</small> – South Africa
* ''[Micaria triangulosa](/source/Micaria_triangulosa)'' <small>Gertsch, 1935</small> – United States
* ''[Micaria triguttata](/source/Micaria_triguttata)'' <small>Simon, 1884</small> – Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria
* ''[Micaria tripunctata](/source/Micaria_tripunctata)'' <small>Holm, 1978</small> – [Northern Europe](/source/Northern_Europe), Italy (Alps), Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Alaska, Canada
* ''[Micaria tuvensis](/source/Micaria_tuvensis)'' <small>Danilov, 1993</small> – Russia (Central Asia, South Siberia), Kazakhstan, China
* ''[Micaria utahna](/source/Micaria_utahna)'' <small>Gertsch, 1933</small> – Canada, United States
* ''[Micaria vinnula](/source/Micaria_vinnula)'' <small>Gertsch & Davis, 1936</small> – United States
* ''[Micaria violens](/source/Micaria_violens)'' <small>Oliger, 1983</small> – Russia (Far East)
* ''[Micaria xinglongi](/source/Micaria_xinglongi)'' <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
* ''[Micaria xizang](/source/Micaria_xizang)'' <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
* ''[Micaria ya](/source/Micaria_ya)'' <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China
* ''[Micaria yeniseica](/source/Micaria_yeniseica)'' <small>Marusik & Koponen, 2002</small> – Russia (Middle Siberia, Kamchatka)
* ''[Micaria yeti](/source/Micaria_yeti)'' <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
* ''[Micaria yunshani](/source/Micaria_yunshani)'' <small>Liu & Zhang, 2025</small> – China (Himalaya)
* ''[Micaria zonsteini](/source/Micaria_zonsteini)'' <small>(Mikhailov, 2016)</small> – Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan
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==References==
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  <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/958 | title=Gen. ''Micaria'' Westring, 1851 | publisher=World Spider Catalog  | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-16}}</ref>
  <ref name=Brei2017>{{cite journal|last=Breitling|first=R.|year=2017|title=Public DNA barcoding data resolve the status of the genus Arboricaria (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)|journal=Arachnologische Mitteilungen|volume=54|page=26}}</ref>
  <ref name=Hadd2013>{{cite journal|last1=Haddad|first1=C. R.|last2=Bosmans|first2=R.|year=2013|title=Synonymy of the North African spider genus Castanilla Caporiacco, 1936 with Micaria Westring, 1851 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)|journal=Zootaxa|volume=3734|issue=3 |pages=397–399 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.10|pmid=25277923 |url=http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFA6FF99FFDDFF8BFFB6FFDD317DFFA9 }}</ref>
  <ref name=Murp2007>{{cite book|last=Murphy|first=J.|year=2007|title=Gnaphosid genera of the world|publisher=British Arachnological Society, St Neots, Cambridgeshire}}</ref>
  <ref name=Plat1988>{{cite journal|title=A Revision of the American Spiders of the Genus Micaria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)|last1=Platnick|first1=Norman I.|first2=Mohammad U.|last2=Shadab|year=1988|journal=American Museum Novitates|issue=2916|pages=1–64}}</ref>
  <ref name=West1851>{{cite journal|last=Westring|first=N.|year=1851|title=Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan.|journal=Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar|pages=25–62|volume=2}}</ref>
  <ref name=Wong2016>{{cite web|url=http://wongchunxing.com/Spider/2-NO_WEBS/Family_Gnaphosidae.htm|title=Family Gnaphosidae (Flat-bellied Ground Spiders)|accessdate=2016-09-28 |publisher=Spiders of Sungai Tawau}}</ref>
  <ref name=Wund1980>{{cite journal|last=Wunderlich|first=J.|year=1980|title=Revision der europäischen Arten der Gattung Micaria Westring 1851, mit Anmerkungen zu den übrigen paläarktischen Arten (Arachnida: Araneida: Gnaphosidae)|journal=Zoologische Beiträge|volume=25|issue=1979|page=238}}</ref>
  <ref name=Wund2017>{{cite journal|last=Wunderlich|first=J.|year=2017|title=Descriptions, notes and synonyms of some mainly Mediterranean and Macaronesian spiders (Araneae) of various families|journal=Beiträge zur Araneologie|volume=10|page=315}}</ref>
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