Collinsia (spider) explained

Collinsia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1913.^[1]

Species

it contains twenty-four species and one subspecies:^[2]

• Collinsia borea (L. Koch, 1879) – Russia (Novaya Zemlya, Middle Siberia to Far North-East), USA (Alaska)
• Collinsia caliginosa (L. Koch, 1879) – Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia
  • Collinsia c. nemenziana Thaler, 1980 – Austria
• Collinsia clypiella (Chamberlin, 1920) – USA
• Collinsia dentata Eskov, 1990 – Russia (West Siberia to Far East)
• Collinsia despaxi (Denis, 1950) – Spain, France
• Collinsia distincta (Simon, 1884) (type) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
• Collinsia ezoensis (Saito, 1986) – Japan
• Collinsia hibernica (Simon, 1926) – France
• Collinsia holmgreni (Thorell, 1871) – USA (Alaska), Canada, Greenland, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China
• Collinsia holmi Eskov, 1990 – Russia (north-eastern Siberia, Far North-East)
• Collinsia inerrans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
• Collinsia ksenia (Crosby & Bishop, 1928) – USA, Canada
• Collinsia oatimpa (Chamberlin, 1949) – USA
• Collinsia oxypaederotipus (Crosby, 1905) – USA
• Collinsia palmeni Hackman, 1954 – Canada
• Collinsia perplexa (Keyserling, 1886) – USA
• Collinsia pertinens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – USA
• Collinsia plumosa (Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
• Collinsia probata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – USA
• Collinsia sachalinensis Eskov, 1990 – Russia (Sakhalin, Kurile Is.), Japan
• Collinsia spetsbergensis (Thorell, 1871) – USA (Alaska), Canada, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
• Collinsia stylifera (Chamberlin, 1949) – USA, Canada
• Collinsia thulensis (Jackson, 1934) – USA (Alaska), Canada, Greenland, Spitsbergen, Russia (Far North-East)
• Collinsia tianschanica Tanasevitch, 1989 – Kyrgyzstan

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species

Notes and References

1. Pickard-Cambridge. O.. 1913. On new and rare British arachnids noted and observed in 1912.. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. 107–136. 34. Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge.
2. Gen. Collinsia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1913. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.