Tinus (spider)

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Tinus
Tinus peregrinus.jpg
Tinus peregrinus
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T. nigrinus in Mexico
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Tinus
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 [1]
Type species
T. nigrinus
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901
Species

11, see text

Tinus is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901. [2]

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Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in Central America, the United States, Mexico, India, Cuba, and on the Greater Antilles. [1]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes ten species: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2026-01-23.
  2. Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology

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