Tiso (spider)

Tiso
T. vagans, male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Tiso Simon, 1884[1]
Type species
Tiso vagans (Blackwall, 1834)
Species
8, see text

Tiso is a genus of sheet weavers first described by Eugène Simon in 1884.[2]

Species

As of 2017^[update], it contains 8 species:[1]

• Tiso aestivus (L. Koch, 1872) – Canada, Greenland, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Nepal, Mongolia, Japan
• Tiso biceps Gao, Zhu & Gao, 1993 – China
• Tiso camillus Tanasevitch, 1990 – Azerbaijan
• Tiso golovatchi Tanasevitch, 2006 – Russia (Far East)
• Tiso incisus Tanasevitch, 2011 – India, Pakistan
• Tiso indianus Tanasevitch, 2011 – India, Nepal
• Tiso megalops Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
• Tiso vagans (Blackwall, 1834) (type) – Madeira, Europe. Introduced to Canada

References

1. "Linyphiidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
2. Simon, E. (1884). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie. Roret, Paris.