Biology:Coloncus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Coloncus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Coloncus
Chamberlin, 1949[1]
Type species
C. pius
Chamberlin, 1949
Species

5, see text

Coloncus is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1949.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains five species:[1]

  • Coloncus americanus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) – USA
  • Coloncus cascadeus Chamberlin, 1949 – USA
  • Coloncus ocala Chamberlin, 1949 – USA
  • Coloncus pius Chamberlin, 1949 (type) – USA
  • Coloncus siou Chamberlin, 1949 – USA, Canada

See also

  • List of Linyphiidae species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Coloncus Chamberlin, 1949. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1235. Retrieved 2019-06-13. 
  2. Chamberlin, R. V. (1949). "On some American spiders of the family Erigonidae.". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 41 (4): 483–562. doi:10.1093/aesa/41.4.483. 

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