Tinus (spider)
Genus of spiders
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Tinus is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901.[2]
| Tinus | |
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| Tinus peregrinus | |
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| T. nigrinus in Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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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[update], this genus includes ten species:[1]
- Tinus arindamai Biswas & Roy, 2005 – India
- Tinus connexus (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba, Dominican Republic
- Tinus minutus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador
- Tinus nigrinus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica
- Tinus oaxaca Carico, 2008 – Mexico
- Tinus palictlus Carico, 1976 – Mexico
- Tinus peregrinus (Bishop, 1924) – United States, Mexico
- Tinus prusius Carico, 1976 – Mexico
- Tinus schlingeri Silva, 2012 – Mexico
- Tinus tibialis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Mexico
