Microsa

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon=Microsa

|authority=Platnick & Shadab, 1977

|type_species=M. chickeringi

|type_species_authority=Platnick & Shadab, 1977

|subdivision_ranks=Species

|subdivision={{Specieslist

|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.{{cite journal|last=Platnick|first=N. I.|last2=Shadab|first2=M. U.|year=1977|title=A new genus of the spider subfamily Gnaphosinae from the Virgin Islands (Araneae, Gnaphosidae).|journal=Journal of Arachnology|pages=191–194|volume=3}} {{as of|2019|05}} it contains only three species: M. chickeringi, M. cubitas, and M. gertschi.{{cite web|title=Gen. Microsa Platnick & Shadab, 1977|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|accessdate=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/960|doi=10.24436/2}}