''Ischnothele caudata'' is a

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

in the family

Ischnothelidae Ischnothelidaeis a family of mygalomorph spiders. It was first described as a subfamily of the family Dipluridae The family Dipluridae, known as curtain-web spiders (or confusingly as funnel-web tarantulas, a name shared with other distantly re ...

, found from

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. It was first described in 1875 by

Anton Ausserer Anton Ausserer (5 July 184320 July 1889)Maurer, Ferdinand: ''Nachruf an Dr. Anton Ausserer.'' Programm des kk. acad. Gymnasiums in Grätz. Graz 1890 was an Austrian natural history, naturalist specialising in spiders.Bonnet, Pierre: Bibliographi ...

. Ausserer did not explain the choice of

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, but the Latin word ''caudatus'' means 'tailed'.

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Mygalomorphae Spiders of North America Spiders of South America Spiders described in 1875 {{Ischnothelidae-stub