Ischnothele Explained

Ischnothele, also known as scatter-web spiders is a genus of spiders in the family Ischnothelidae. It was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1875.^[1]

Species

it contained the following species:^[2]

• Ischnothele annulata Tullgren, 1905 – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
• Ischnothele caudata Ausserer, 1875 (type) – Mexico to Brazil
• Ischnothele digitata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) – Mexico to El Salvador
• Ischnothele garcia Coyle, 1995 – Hispaniola
• Ischnothele goloboffi Coyle, 1995 – Peru
• Ischnothele guianensis (Walckenaer, 1837) – Peru to Guyana
• Ischnothele huambisa Coyle, 1995 – Peru
• Ischnothele indicola Tikader, 1969 – India
• Ischnothele jeremie Coyle, 1995 – Hispaniola
• Ischnothele longicauda Franganillo, 1930 – Bahama Is., Cuba
• Ischnothele reggae Coyle & Meigs, 1990 – Jamaica
• Ischnothele xera Coyle & Meigs, 1990 – Jamaica

Notes and References

1. Ausserer. A.. 1875. Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor).. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 125–206. 25.
2. Gen. Ischnothele Ausserer, 1875. World Spider Catalog Version 21.0. 2020-07-15. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.