Islandiana Explained

Islandiana is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. Braendegaard in 1932.^[1]

Species

it contains fifteen species, found in Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Russia, and the United States:^[2]

• Islandiana cavealis Ivie, 1965 – USA
• Islandiana coconino Ivie, 1965 – USA
• Islandiana cristata Eskov, 1987 – Russia (Europe to Far East), USA (Alaska), Canada
• Islandiana falsifica (Keyserling, 1886) (type) – North America, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
• Islandiana flaveola (Banks, 1892) – USA, Canada
• Islandiana flavoides Ivie, 1965 – USA
• Islandiana holmi Ivie, 1965 – USA
• Islandiana lasalana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) – USA
• Islandiana lewisi Milne & Wells, 2018 – USA
• Islandiana longisetosa (Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
• Islandiana mimbres Ivie, 1965 – USA
• Islandiana muma Ivie, 1965 – USA
• Islandiana princeps Braendegaard, 1932 – USA, Canada, Greenland, Iceland
• Islandiana speophila Ivie, 1965 – USA
• Islandiana unicornis Ivie, 1965 – USA

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/07/16/new-spider-species-discovered-southern-indiana-cave/773225002/

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=wc6qzqIpQz70CeR1&v=KWHA1APIKrM&feature=youtu.be

Notes and References

1. Braendegaard. J.. 1932. Araneae. In Isländische Spinnentiere. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar. 8–36. 2. 7.
2. Gen. Islandiana Braendegaard, 1932. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.