''Tinus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of nursery web spiders that was first described by

Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (3 November 1860 – 9 February 1905) was an English arachnologist. He is sometimes confused with his uncle, Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828–1917), who was also an arachnologist and from whom F. O. Pi ...

in 1901.

Species

it contains eleven species, found in Central America, the United States, Mexico, India, Cuba, and on the

Greater Antilles The Greater Antilles ( es, Grandes Antillas or Antillas Mayores; french: Grandes Antilles; ht, Gwo Zantiy; jam, Grieta hAntiliiz) is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and ...

: *'' Tinus arindamai'' Biswas & Roy, 2005 – India *'' Tinus connexus'' (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba, Hispaniola *'' Tinus minutus'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Mexico to El Salvador *'' Tinus nigrinus'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 ( type) – Mexico to Costa Rica *'' Tinus oaxaca'' Carico, 2008 – Mexico *'' Tinus palictlus'' Carico, 1976 – Mexico *'' Tinus peregrinus'' (Bishop, 1924) – USA, Mexico *'' Tinus prusius'' Carico, 1976 – Mexico *'' Tinus schlingeri'' Silva, 2012 – Mexico *'' Tinus tibialis'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Mexico *'' Tinus ursus'' Carico, 1976 – Costa Rica, Panama

References

Araneomorphae genera Pisauridae Spiders of the Indian subcontinent Spiders of North America Taxa named by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge {{Pisauridae-stub

Species

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