Ischnocolus
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Ischnocolus jickelii.jpg
| image_caption = Ischnocolus jickelii from the United Arab Emirates
| taxon = Ischnocolus
| authority = Ausserer, 1871
| type_species = I. valentinus
| type_species_authority = (Dufour, 1820)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 8, see text
}}
Ischnocolus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.{{cite journal| last=Ausserer| first=A.| year=1871| title=Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)| journal=Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien| pages=117–224| volume=21| author-link=Anton Ausserer}} This tarantula genus includes some of the smallest in the family.{{Cite web |last1=M. Montemor |first1=Vivian |last2=C. West |first2=Rick |last3=Zamani |first3=Alireza |last4=Moradmand |first4=Majid |last5=V. Wirth |first5=Volker |last6=Wendt |first6=Ingo |last7=Huberg |first7=Siegfried |last8=L. Guadanucci |first8=José Paulo |date=2020 |title=Taxonomy of the genus Ischnocolus in the Middle East, with description of a new species from Oman and Iran (Araneae: Theraphosidae) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336312004 |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=ResearchGate}}
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|2020|03}} it contains eight species, found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Brazil:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-04-22| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3376| doi=10.24436/2}}
- 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
= 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)
= [[Nomen dubium|Nomina dubia]] =
= Transferred to other genera =
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- 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
}}