Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0056] Detail
In synonymy:
Sparassus Walckenaer, 1805 = Micrommata Latreille, 1804 (Jäger, 1999a: 6)
Gen. Micrommata Latreille, 1804 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02549] Detail
type Aranea smaragdula Fabricius, 1793; gender feminine; syn. of Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757)
N.B.: gender feminine (see note under Calommata), in contrary Canard & Cruveillier, 2016: 44 state the genus to be neuter, which is not followed here; considered a senior synonym of Sparassus Walckenaer, 1805: 39 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05201] (type Aranea smaragdula Fabricius, 1793 = Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757)) by Jäger, 1999a: 6.
Transferred to other genera:
Micrommata hainanensis He & Hu, 2000 -- see Olios
Micrommata longipes Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 -- see Pseudomicrommata
Micrommata nanningensis Hu & Ru, 1988 -- see Olios
In synonymy:
Micrommata aragonensis Urones, 2004 = Micrommata formosa Pavesi, 1878 (Jäger, 2023: 18).
Micrommata fulva (Simon, 1868) = Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757) (Simon, 1932: 892, 960, sub Micrommata roseum ornata).
Micrommata ophthalmica Simon, 1880 = Micrommata formosa Pavesi, 1878 (Levy, 1989: 165).
Micrommata pilosa (Simon, 1870, T from Sparassus) = Micrommata ligurina (C. L. Koch, 1845) (Simon, 1874b: 273).
Micrommata rosea (Clerck, 1757) = Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757) (Sundevall, 1831: 40, sub Sparassus smaragdinus).
Micrommata smaragdula (Fabricius, 1793) = Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757) (C. L. Koch, 1837b: 28, sub Sparassus smaragdulus = smaragdinus).
Micrommata virescens ornata (Walckenaer, 1802) = Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757) (Herman, 1879: 370).
Micrommata virescens valvulata Franganillo, 1913 = Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757) (Urones, 2004: 48).
Nomina dubia:
Micrommata americana (Nicolet, 1849: 417, Chile, originally in Sparassus) -- Roewer, 1955c: 1657.
Micrommata belletana Risso, 1826: 170 (France/Italy) -- Roewer, 1955c: 1587, Bonnet, 1957: 2888.
Micrommata fusca (Walckenaer, 1837: 586, f, locality unknown, originally in Sparassus) -- Roewer, 1955c: 1657.
Micrommata longipes (Giebel, 1867b: 438, f, Switzerland, originally in Sparassus) -- Roewer, 1955c: 1657.
Micrommata pallipes (Lucas, 1858: 409, f, Gabon, originally in Sparassus) -- Roewer, 1955c: 1658.
Micrommata spinicrus (Dufour, 1831: 361, pl. 10, f. 3, f, Spain, originally in Aranea) -- Roewer, 1955c: 1403, 1658.
Micrommata aljibica Urones, 2004 | m f | Spain     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040692]
Micrommata aljibica Urones, 2004: 42, f. 4-11 (Dmf).
Micrommata aljibica Jäger, 2023: 5, f. 4-18 (mf).
Micrommata biggi Jäger, 2023 | m f | Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Turkmenistan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059229]
Micrommata cf. ligurina Zarikian, Propistsova & Marusik, 2022: 115, f. 9A-E (mf; misidentified per Jäger, 2023: 11).
Micrommata biggi Jäger, 2023: 11, f. 19-40 (Dmf).
Micrommata darlingi Pocock, 1901 | f | Zimbabwe     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029077]
Micrommata darlingi Pocock, 1901b: 339 (Df).
"Micrommata" darlingi Jäger, 2023: 37, f. 141-148 (f, misplaced and probably related to Eusparassus).
Micrommata diesenhoff Jäger, 2023 | m f | Sierra Leone     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059230]
Micrommata sp. Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 170, 204, f. 259-261 (m; here per Jäger, 2023: 15).
Micrommata diesenhoff Jäger, 2023: 15, f. 41-55 (Dmf).
Micrommata formosa Pavesi, 1878 | m f | Portugal, Spain, North Africa, Italy (Sicily), Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Syria     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029078]
Micrommata formosa Pavesi, 1878: 348 (Dj).
Micrommata ophthalmica Simon, 1880a: 285 (m).
Micrommata ophthalmica Simon, 1880f: 64 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054271].
Micrommata formosa Kulczyński, 1911a: 36, pl. 1, f. 38 (Dm).
Micrommata formosa Strand, 1913f: 160 (Df).
Micrommata formosum Levy, 1989: 165, f. 100-114 (mf, S of Micrommata ophthalmica, after Simon, 1897a: 62).
Micrommata aragonensis Urones, 2004: 44, f. 12-13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040693].
Micrommata formosa Breitling, 2020: 356, f. 33A (f).
Micrommata formosa El-Hennawy & Al-Saraireh, 2021: 483, f. 2-11 (f).
Micrommata formosa Jäger, 2023: 18, f. 56-83 (mf, S of Micrommata aragonensis).
Micrommata ligurina (C. L. Koch, 1845) | m f | Mediterranean     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029080]
Sparassus ligurinus C. L. Koch, 1845: 89, f. 1020 (Df).
Sparassus pilosus Simon, 1870b: 342 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054274].
Micrommata ligurina Simon, 1874b: 273 (T from Sparassus, S of Sparassus pilosus).
Micrommata ligurina Simon, 1875a: 340 (m).
Micrommata ligurina Kulczyński, 1911a: 36, pl. 1, f. 41-42 (m).
Micrommata ligurina Simon, 1932: 892, 960, f. 1337-1338 (mf).
Micrommata ligurinum Levy, 1989: 168, f. 115-125 (mf).
Micrommata ligurina Urones, 2004: 46, f. 1-3, 14-17 (mf).
Micrommata ligurina Lecigne, 2013: 187, f. 5J-K (m).
Micrommata ligurina Tutar & Yağmur, 2023: 217, f. 19A-B (f).
Micrommata ligurina Jäger, 2023: 24, f. 84-103 (mf).
Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757) * | m f | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029082]
Araneus virescens Clerck, 1757: 138, pl. 6, f. 4 (Df).
Araneus roseus Clerck, 1757: 137, pl. 6, f. 7 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054275].
Aranea viridissima De Geer, 1778: 252, pl. 18, f. 6-16 (mf; unjustified emendation of virescens).
Aranea virescens Schrank, 1781: 533.
Aranea rosea Olivier, 1789: 226.
Aranea smaragdula Fabricius, 1793: 412 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054276].
Araneus roseus Martyn, 1793: 65, pl. 9, f. 9 (m).
Araneus virescens Martyn, 1793: 65, pl. 10, f. 5 (f).
Aranea ornata Walckenaer, 1802: 226 (D; preoccupied by Sulzer, 1776, see Philodromus margaritatus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029083].
Micrommata smaragdina Latreille, 1804b: 135 (unjustified emendation of smaragdula).
Sparassus smaragdulus Walckenaer, 1805: 39.
Sparassus roseus Walckenaer, 1805: 40.
Sparassus ornatus Walckenaer, 1805: 40.
Micrommata smaragdina Latreille, 1806: 115.
Sparassus smaragdinus Walckenaer, 1830: 102 (S of Sparassus virescens).
Sparassus smaragdulus Sundevall, 1831: 40, 1832: 147 (mf, S of Sparassus roseus).
Micrommata smaragdina Hahn, 1833a: 119, f. 89 (mf).
Sparassus ornatus Walckenaer, 1837: 583 (Dmf).
Sparassus virescens C. L. Koch, 1837b: 28 (S of Sparassus smaragdulus = smaragdinus).
Sparassus virescens C. L. Koch, 1845: 87, f. 1019 (m).
Sparassus ornatus C. L. Koch, 1845: 90, f. 1021 (f).
Sparassus virescens Westring, 1861: 406.
Sparassus smaragdulus Blackwall, 1861a: 102, pl. 5, f. 61 (mf).
Sparassus virescens Prach, 1866: 632, pl. 11, f. 3-5, 22-25 (mf).
Sparassus fulvus Simon, 1868a: 453 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054279].
Micrommata virescens Thorell, 1870b: 176.
Micrommata virescens Thorell, 1871a: 227.
Micrommata ornata Thorell, 1871a: 228.
Micrommata fulva Simon, 1874b: 275.
Micrommata virescens Menge, 1875: 389, pl. 67, f. 222 (mf).
Micrommata ornata Menge, 1875: 394, pl. 67, f. 223 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Herman, 1879: 370 (S of Micrommata virescens ornata).
Micrommata virescens Hansen, 1882: 63, pl. 4, f. 9 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Becker, 1882b: 155, pl. 13, f. 1 (mf).
Micrommata ornata Becker, 1882b: 158, pl. 13, f. 2 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 79, pl. 3, f. 14 (mf).
Micrommata virescens ornata Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 79.
Micrommata virescens Simon, 1897a: 66, f. 55, 57.
Micrommata virescens Bösenberg, 1903: 410, pl. 39, f. 605 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Kulczyński, 1911a: 36, pl. 1, f. 39-40 (m).
Micrommata virescens Järvi, 1912: 63, f. 52, pl. 5, f. 1-6 (f).
Micrommata viridissima valvulata Franganillo, 1913: 131 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029084].
Micrommata virescens Järvi, 1914: 178.
Micrommata virescens Bristowe, 1926: 126, f. 3-6 (mf).
Micrommata viridissima Reimoser, 1931b: 129, f. 4 (mf).
Micrommata rosea Simon, 1932: 891, 959, f. 1335-1336 (mf).
Micrommata roseum ornata Simon, 1932: 892, 960 (S of Micrommata fulva).
Micrommata virescens Bristowe, 1941: 497, f. 95 (mf).
Micrommata viridissima Palmgren, 1943: 77, f. 81 (mf).
Micrommata viridissima Tullgren, 1944: 127, pl. 18, f. 245-247 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Locket & Millidge, 1951: 167, f. 84A-C (mf).
Micrommata virescens Bristowe, 1958: 135, f. 66a-b (mf).
Micrommata virescens Yaginuma, 1960: 119, f. 100.10-11 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Azheganova, 1968: 102, f. 243-244 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Paik, 1968: 174, f. 5-6, 30-40 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Yaginuma, 1971: 119, f. 100.10-11 (mf).
Micrommata roseum Miller, 1971: 62, pl. III, f. 7 (m).
Micrommata virescens Brændegaard, 1972: 8, f. 1-2 (mf).
Micrommata roseum Paik, 1978e: 399, f. 180.1-6 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Roberts, 1985: 96, f. 38a (mf).
Micrommata virescens Hu & Fu, 1985: 89, f. 1-6 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Yaginuma, 1986a: 197, f. 110.1 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Hu & Wu, 1989: 312, f. 249.1-6 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Izmailova, 1989: 121, f. 112 (m).
Micrommata virescens Chikuni, 1989b: 131, f. 4 (mf).
Micrommata roseum Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 456, f. 1201 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Roberts, 1995: 147, f. (mf).
Micrommata roseum Mcheidze, 1997: 120, f. 176-178 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Roberts, 1998: 156, f. (mf).
Micrommata virescens Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: , 269G, M (mf).
Micrommata virescens Jäger, 1999a: 7 (S of Micrommata virescens ornata confirmed).
Micrommata virescens Jäger & Ono, 2000: 43, f. 1-6 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Jäger, 2000c: 239, f. 11, 14, 17, 20, 25-26 (m).
Micrommata virescens Namkung, 2002: 500, f. 40.4a-b (mf).
Micrommata virescens Bayram & Özdag, 2002: 305, f. 1A-F (mf).
Micrommata virescens Namkung, 2003: 503, f. 40.4a-b (mf).
Micrommata virescens Urones, 2004: 48, f. 18-21 (mf, S of Micrommata virescens valvulata).
Micrommata virescens Almquist, 2006: 451, f. 388a-f (mf).
Micrommata virescens Ono, 2009a: 472, f. 13-15 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2011: 229, f. 33.1-7 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Lecigne, 2011: 55, f. p. 55 (f).
Micrommata virescens Jäger, 2016: 64, f. 1-5 (m).
Micrommata virescens Breitling et al., 2016b: 57 (S of Micrommata virescens valvulata confirmed).
Micrommata virescens Lecigne, 2016d: 33, f. 15D-E (f).
Micrommata virescens Kim & Lee, 2017: 54, f. 30A-E, pl. 10 (mf).
Micrommata virescens Breitling, 2020: 356, f. 33B-C (m).
Micrommata virescens Jäger, 2023: 29, f. 104-140 (mf).
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