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Genus: Micaria Westring, 1851 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Micaria otero Platnick & Shadab, 1988

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027551

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Described:

Distribution: USA, Mexico

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA m - (Platnick & Shadab, 1988)
Allotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA f - (Platnick & Shadab, 1988)

Taxonomic References

Micaria otero Platnick & Shadab, 1988: 45, f. 110-113 (Dmf) Original description

Micaria otero Desales-Lara et al., 2025: 68, f. 3-6 (mf)

References

Desales-Lara, M. A., Corcuera, P., Hernández-Fabián, M. del C. & Chamé-Vázquez, D. (2025). Two new records of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 101(1): 66-70. doi: 10.3956/2024-101.1.66 -- Show included taxa

Platnick, N. I. & Shadab, M. U. (1988). A revision of the American spiders of the genus Micaria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2916: 1-64. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-04-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Desales-Lara et al., 2025
2025-04-08	Species distribution update	Desales-Lara et al., 2025	Old value