Minicia Explained

Minicia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1875.^[1]

Species

it contains twelve species and one subspecies:^[2]

• Minicia alticola Tanasevitch, 1990 – Georgia
• Minicia candida Denis, 1946 – Europe
  • Minicia c. obscurior Denis, 1964 – France
• Minicia caspiana Tanasevitch, 1990 – Azerbaijan
• Minicia elegans Simon, 1894 – Portugal, Algeria
• Minicia floresensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Azores
• Minicia gomerae (Schmidt, 1975) – Canary Is.
• Minicia grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
• Minicia kirghizica Tanasevitch, 1985 – Central Asia
• Minicia marginella (Wider, 1834) (type) – Europe, Caucasus
• Minicia pallida Eskov, 1995 – Russia, Kazakhstan
• Minicia teneriffensis Wunderlich, 1980 – Canary Is.
• Minicia vittata Caporiacco, 1935 – Kashmir

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

Notes and References

1. Thorell. T.. 1875. Descriptions of several European and North African spiders. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 1–203. 13. 5. Tamerlan_Thorell.
2. Gen. Minicia Thorell, 1875. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-16. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.