# Microstigmata

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| authority = [Strand](/source/Embrik_Strand), 1932<ref name=WSC_g1920/>
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'''''Microstigmata''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [spider](/source/spider)s in the family [Microstigmatidae](/source/Microstigmatidae). All species are [endemic](/source/endemic) to South Africa.<ref name=WSC_g1920/>

==Species==
{{As of|2025|9}}, the [World Spider Catalog](/source/World_Spider_Catalog) accepted the following species:<ref name=WSC_g1920/>
*''[Microstigmata amatola](/source/Microstigmata_amatola)'' <small>Griswold, 1985</small>
*''[Microstigmata geophila](/source/Microstigmata_geophila)'' <small>(Hewitt, 1916)</small> ([type species](/source/type_species))
*''[Microstigmata lawrencei](/source/Microstigmata_lawrencei)'' <small>Griswold, 1985</small>
*''[Microstigmata longipes](/source/Microstigmata_longipes)'' <small>(Lawrence, 1938)</small>
*''[Microstigmata ukhahlamba](/source/Microstigmata_ukhahlamba)'' <small>Griswold, 1985</small>
*''[Microstigmata zuluensis](/source/Microstigmata_zuluensis)'' <small>(Lawrence, 1938)</small>

==References==
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  <ref name=WSC_g1920>{{citation |title=Gen. ''Microstigmata'' Strand, 1932 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1920 |accessdate=2025-09-23 }}</ref>
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Category:Mygalomorphae genera
Category:Microstigmatidae
Category:Endemic spiders of South Africa
Category:Spider taxa named by Embrik Strand
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