Coloncus

Coloncus
Scientific classification
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^[update] 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. "Gen. Coloncus Chamberlin, 1949". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. 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.