Ischnocolus valentinus

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| taxon = Ischnocolus valentinus

| authority = (Dufour, 1820)

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|Mygale valentina|Dufour, 1820

|Mygale valenciana|Walckenaer, 1837

|Trechona valentinus|Thorell, 1870

|Ischnocolus|holosericeus L. Koch 1871

|Ischnocolus triangulifer|Ausserer, 1871

|Avicularia andalusiaca|Simon, 1873

|Avicularia marocanna|Simon, 1873

|Ischnocolus andalusiacus|Ausserer, 1875

|Ischnocolus maroccanus|Ausserer, 1875

|Ischnocolus algericus|Thorell, 1875

|Ischnocolus|fuscostriatus Simon, 1885

|Ischnocolus fuscoannulatus|Strand, 1908

|Ischnocolus mogadorensis|Simon, 1909

|Ischnocolus numida|Simon, 1909

|Ischnocolus tripolitanus|Caporiacco, 1937

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Ischnocolus valentinus is a small, Old World tarantula. It is found in Spain, Sicily, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Western Sahara.{{Cite journal |last=Zonstein |first=Sergei L. |date=2018-12-23 |title=Complementary data on the genus Ischnocolus (Araneae: Theraphosidae) |url=https://zenodo.org/records/2525281 |journal=Israel Journal of Entomology |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=105–118 |doi=10.5281/zenodo.2525281}} It is the only species of true tarantula to occur in continental Europe, and one of two to occur in Europe along with Chaetopelma lymberakisi.{{cite web | url = http://www.thebts.co.uk/old_articles/natural.htm | title = The Natural History of Tarantula Spiders Richard C. Gallon | accessdate = 17 September 2016 | publisher = The British Tarantula Society}} It is the type species of the genus Ischnocolus. It is found in Mediterranean scrub with oaks and bushes, hiding under large flattish stones.{{cite web | url = http://www.araneae.unibe.ch/data/1497/Ischnocolus_valentinus | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160505112847/http://www.araneae.unibe.ch/data/1497/Ischnocolus_valentinus | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 5, 2016 | title = Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820) | accessdate = 17 September 2016 | publisher = araneae Spiders of Europe }}