Micrargus Explained

Micrargus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species:^[2]

• Micrargus aleuticus Holm, 1960 – USA (Alaska)
• Micrargus alpinus Relys & Weiss, 1997 – Germany, Switzerland, Austria
• Micrargus apertus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – Europe, Japan
• Micrargus cavernicola Wunderlich, 1995 – Japan
• Micrargus cupidon (Simon, 1913) – France
• Micrargus dilutus (Denis, 1948) – France
• Micrargus dissimilis Denis, 1950 – France
• Micrargus fuscipalpis (Denis, 1962) – Uganda
• Micrargus georgescuae Millidge, 1976 – Europe
• Micrargus herbigradus (Blackwall, 1854) (type) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia to Kazakhstan, China, Japan
• Micrargus hokkaidoensis Wunderlich, 1995 – Japan
• Micrargus laudatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881) – Europe
• Micrargus longitarsus (Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
• Micrargus nibeoventris (Komatsu, 1942) – Japan
• Micrargus parvus Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Is.
• Micrargus pervicax (Denis, 1947) – France, possibly Austria
• Micrargus subaequalis (Westring, 1851) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia to Kazakhstan, China

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

Notes and References

1. Dahl. F.. 1886. Monographie der Erigone-Arten im Thorell' schen. Sinne, nebst anderen Beiträgen zur Spinnenfauna SchleswigHolsteins. Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein. 65–102. 6. Friedrich_Dahl.
2. Gen. Micrargus Dahl, 1886. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-16. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.