{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon=Microsa |authority=Platnick & Shadab, 1977<ref name=NMBE /> |type_species=''M. chickeringi'' |type_species_authority=Platnick & Shadab, 1977 |subdivision_ranks=Species |subdivision={{Specieslist |M. chickeringi|<small>Platnick & Shadab, 1977</small> – Virgin Is. |M. cubitas|<small>Alayón & Platnick, 1993</small> – Cuba |M. gertschi|<small>Platnick, 1978</small> – Bahama Is.}} }}
'''''Microsa''''' is a genus of Caribbean ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1977.<ref name=Plat1977>{{cite journal|last1=Platnick|first1=N. I.|last2=Shadab|first2=M. U.|year=1977|title=A new genus of the spider subfamily Gnaphosinae from the Virgin Islands (Araneae, Gnaphosidae).|journal=Journal of Arachnology|pages=191–194|volume=3}}</ref> {{as of|2019|05}} it contains only three species: ''M. chickeringi'', ''M. cubitas'', and ''M. gertschi''.<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal|title=Gen. Microsa Platnick & Shadab, 1977|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|accessdate=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/960|doi=10.24436/2}}</ref>
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Category:Araneomorphae genera Category:Gnaphosidae Category:Spiders of the Caribbean Category:Taxa named by Norman I. Platnick
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