''Ischnothele'', also known as scatter-web spiders is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
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 ...
s in the family
Ischnothelidae. It was first described 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 ...
in 1875.
Species
it contained the following species:
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Ischnothele annulata''
Tullgren, 1905 – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
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Ischnothele caudata''
Ausserer, 1875 (
type) – Mexico to Brazil
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Ischnothele digitata''
( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) – Mexico to El Salvador
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Ischnothele garcia''
Coyle, 1995 – Hispaniola
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Ischnothele goloboffi''
Coyle, 1995 – Peru
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Ischnothele guianensis''
( Walckenaer, 1837) – Peru to Guyana
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Ischnothele huambisa''
Coyle, 1995 – Peru
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Ischnothele indicola''
Tikader, 1969 – India
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Ischnothele jeremie''
Coyle, 1995 – Hispaniola
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Ischnothele longicauda''
Franganillo, 1930 – Bahama Is., Cuba
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Ischnothele reggae''
Coyle & Meigs, 1990 – Jamaica
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Ischnothele xera''
Coyle & Meigs, 1990 – Jamaica
References
Mygalomorphae
Mygalomorphae genera
Taxa named by Anton Ausserer
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