{{Short description|Species of spider}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Micaria chrysis | authority = (Simon, 1910)<ref name="simon1910" /> | synonyms = {{Species list |Micariolepis chrysis|Simon, 1910 }} }}
'''''Micaria chrysis''''' is a species of spider in the family Gnaphosidae.<ref name="wsc" /> It occurs in Africa and is commonly known as the '''Port Nolloth Micaria ground spider'''.<ref name="dippenaar2021c" />
==Distribution== ''Micaria chrysis'' has a wide distribution across Africa, occurring in Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, and Lesotho.<ref name="wsc" /> In South Africa, it is known only from Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape at an altitude of 14 m above sea level.<ref name="dippenaar2021c" />
==Habitat and ecology== The species is a free-living ground dweller found in the Succulent Karoo biome.<ref name="dippenaar2021c" />
==Description== {{see also|Glossary of spider terms}} {{missing section|date=September 2025}}
==Conservation== ''Micaria chrysis'' is listed as Data Deficient for taxonomic reasons. In South Africa, the species has a very small range, being known only from the type locality. More sampling is needed to collect additional specimens and determine the species' actual range.<ref name="dippenaar2021c" />
==Taxonomy== The species was originally described by Simon in 1910 as ''Micariolepis chrysis'' from Port Nolloth. It was later transferred to the genus ''Micaria'' and redescribed by Booysen and Haddad in 2021, who noted that the original description was based on subadult specimens.<ref name="dippenaar2021c" />
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/11585 | title=Micaria chrysis (Simon, 1910) | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=25 September 2025}}</ref> <ref name="dippenaar2021c">{{cite book | last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman | first1=A.S. | last2=Haddad | first2=C.R. | last3=Foord | first3=S.H. | last4=Lotz | first4=L.N. | year=2021 | title=The Gnaphosidae of South Africa. Part 2 (E-S). Version 1 | publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide | pages=30 | doi=10.5281/zenodo.7197672}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref> <ref name="simon1910">{{cite journal | last=Simon | first=E. | year=1910 | title=Arachnoidea: Araneae (II.). In: Schultze, L. (ed.) Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika | journal=Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena | volume=16 | pages=175–218}}</ref> }}
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Category:Gnaphosidae Category:Spiders of South Africa Category:Fauna of Ethiopia Category:Fauna of Ivory Coast Category:Spiders of Lesotho Category:Arthropods of Mozambique Category:Arthropods of Namibia Category:Arthropods of Tanzania Category:Spiders described in 1910 Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon