| Ischnothyreus | |
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| Ischnothyreus hamatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oonopidae |
| Genus: | Ischnothyreus Simon, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Ischnothyreus peltifer Simon, 1892 | |
| Species | |
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126 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ischnothyrella Saaristo, 2001 | |
Ischnothyreus is a genus of oonopid spiders generally between 1.25 (smallest male) and 2.25 mm (largest female) long. They have six eyes; in at least the species I. peltifer and I. omus, the males have a curious knob or hook at the base of the fang.
