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Microsa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Microsa Platnick & Shadab, 1977
Type species
M. chickeringi Platnick & Shadab, 1977
Species
M. chickeringi Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Virgin Is. M. cubitas Alayón & Platnick, 1993 – Cuba M. gertschi Platnick, 1978 – Bahama Is.

Microsa is a genus of Caribbean ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1977. As of May 2019 it contains only three species: M. chickeringi, M. cubitas, and M. gertschi.

References

1. ^ "Gen. Microsa Platnick & Shadab, 1977". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
2. Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1977). "A new genus of the spider subfamily Gnaphosinae from the Virgin Islands (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 3: 191–194.

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