Micrommata
Genus of spiders
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Micrommata is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.[3]
| Micrommata | |
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| M. virescens, male, on a gravel road in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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) | |
| Species | |
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7, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
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).