| Ischnocolus | |
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| Ischnocolus jickelii from the United Arab Emirates | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Ischnocolus Ausserer, 18711 |
| Type species | |
| I. valentinus (Dufour, 1820)
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| Species | |
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Ischnocolus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.2 This tarantula genus includes some of the smallest in the family.3
Diagnosis
Males of this genus can be distinguished by the palpal bulb morphology, which owns a slightly bent apical end. Females can be distinguished by the morphology of the spermatheca, which is made up of two twisted receptacles.3
Species
As of May 2026 it contains nine species, found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Brazil:1
- Ischnocolus elongatus (Simon, 1873) – Morocco, Algeria
- Ischnocolus hancocki Smith, 1990 – Morocco
- Ischnocolus ignoratus Guadanucci & Wendt, 2014 – Israel, Syria
- Ischnocolus jickelii L. Koch, 1875 – Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates
- Ischnocolus meron Zonstein, 2023 - Israel
- Ischnocolus mogadorensis Simon, 1909 - Morocco, Western Sahara
- Ischnocolus rubropilosus Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
- Ischnocolus tomentosus Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon, Congo
- Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820) (type) – Spain, Italy (Sicily), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
- Ischnocolus vanandelae Montemor, West & Zamani, 2020 – Oman, Iran
In synonymy
- I. adenensis (Simon, 1890) = Ischnocolus jickelii L. Koch, 1875
- I. africanus (Ausserer, 1875) = Ischnocolus elongatus (Simon, 1873)
- I. algericus Thorell, 1875 = Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)
- I. andalusiacus (Simon, 1873) = Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)
- I. cavicola (Simon, 1889) = Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)
- I. fuscostriatus Simon, 1885 = Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)
- I. holosericeus L. Koch, 1871 = Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)
- I. maroccanus (Simon, 1873) = Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)
- I. mogadorensis Simon, 1909 = Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)
- I. numidus Simon, 1909 = Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)
- I. triangulifer Ausserer, 1871 = Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)
- I. tripolitanus Caporiacco, 1937 = Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)
Transferred to other genera
- Ischnocolus culebrae Petrunkevitch, 1929 → Holothele culebrae
- Ischnocolus decoratus Tikader, 1977 → Chilobrachys fimbriatus
- Ischnocolus denticulatus Franganillo, 1930 → Holothele denticulata
- Ischnocolus gracilis Ausserer, 1871 → Chaetopelma olivaceum
- Ischnocolus jerusalemensis Smith, 1990 → Chaetopelma olivaceum
- Ischnocolus khasiensis Tikader, 1977 → Chilobrachys khasiensis
- Ischnocolus shoemakeri Petrunkevitch, 1926 → Holothele shoemakeri
- Ischnocolus syriacus Ausserer, 1871 → Chaetopelma olivaceum
References
References
- "Gen. Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.
- M. Montemor, Vivian; C. West, Rick; Zamani, Alireza; Moradmand, Majid; V. Wirth, Volker; Wendt, Ingo; Huberg, Siegfried; L. Guadanucci, José Paulo (2020). "Taxonomy of the genus Ischnocolus in the Middle East, with description of a new species from Oman and Iran (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". ResearchGate. Retrieved July 28, 2022.