''Ischnothele'', also known as scatter-web spiders is a
genus
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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
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 ...
. 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
''Ischnothele caudata'' is a spider in the family Ischnothelidae, found from Mexico to Brazil. It was first described in 1875 by Anton Ausserer. Ausserer did not explain the choice of Specific name (zoology), specific name, but the Latin word ''c ...
''
Ausserer, 1875 (
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) – 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
Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant, writer, man of letters, and scientist. He was a polymath and wrote extensively on geography, natural history, and literature. Major contributio ...
, 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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