Ischnocolus
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.
Species
As of May 2026 [ update] it contains nine 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 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)
Ischnocolus doleschalli Ausserer, 1871 - Brazil
Ischnocolus fasciculatus Strand, 1906 - Ethiopia
Ischnocolus gracilis Keyserling, 1891 - Brazil
Ischnocolus hirsutus Ausserer, 1875 - Cuba
Ischnocolus tunetanus Pavesi, 1880 - Tunisia
Transferred to other genera
References
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 .