Ischnocolus

Ischnocolus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. This tarantula genus includes some of the smallest in the family.

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.

As of March 2020^[update] it contains eight species, found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Brazil:

• 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 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

• 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)

• List of Theraphosidae species