Micrommata
| Micrommata | |
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| M. virescens, male, on a gravel road in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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)
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| Species | |
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7, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Micrommata is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.[3]
Species
[edit]As of December 2024[update] it contains seven species (and one former subspecies), all with a palaearctic distribution, except for M. diesenhoff from Sierra Leone; and M. darlingi, endemic to Zimbabwe which can be misplaced:[1]
- Micrommata aljibica Urones, 2004 – Spain
- Micrommata biggi Jäger, 2023 – Turkey, Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan
- Micrommata darlingi Pocock, 1901 – Zimbabwe
- Micrommata diesenhoff Jäger, 2023 – Sierra Leone
- Micrommata formosa Pavesi, 1878 – Mediterranean to Central Asia
- Micrommata ligurina (C. L. Koch, 1845) – Mediterranean to Central Asia
- Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe Central Asia, to Far East (e.g. Korea, Japan) (including former Micrommata v. ornata (Walckenaer, 1802)).
(For Micrommata aragonensis Urones, 2004 see under Micrommata formosa).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Micrommata Latreille, 1804". World Spider Catalog Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2024. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ 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.