Ischnocolus
| Ischnocolus | |
|---|---|
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| Ischnocolus jickelii from the United Arab Emirates | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871[1] |
| Type species | |
| I. valentinus (Dufour, 1820) | |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]As of May 2026[update] 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 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.
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