Genus Micrathena


James Beck

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The spiders in the genus Micrathena belong to the family Araneidae. Micrathena have a spiny, hard, and glossy abodomen(Levi, 1968). The following four species of Micrathena occur in the United States of Amereica (Platnic, 1989)

• funebris
  
• gracilis
  
• mitrata
  
• sagitta
  

Family