World Spider Catalog

Ischnothelidae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: described as subfamily of Dipluridae by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 36, elevated to family level by Opatova et al., 2020: 697, including the genera Ischnothele, Andethele, Indothele, Lathrothele and Thelechoris); the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487.

Gen. Andethele Coyle, 1995 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00025

N.B.: transferred from Dipluridae to Ischnothelidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 697.

Andethele huanca Coyle, 1995 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000229

Andethele huanca Coyle, 1995: 89, f. 50, 241-262 (Dmf) Original description

Andethele lucma Coyle, 1995 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000230

Andethele lucma Coyle, 1995: 86, f. 226-240 (Dmf) Original description

Andethele tarma Coyle, 1995 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000231

Andethele tarma Coyle, 1995: 93, f. 4, 263-277 (Dmf) Original description

Gen. Indothele Coyle, 1995 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00034

N.B.: transferred from Dipluridae to Ischnothelidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 697.

Indothele dumicola (Pocock, 1900) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000306

Ischnothele dumicola Pocock, 1900a: 171, f. 55 (Df) Original description

Indothele dumicola Coyle, 1995: 111, f. 347-361 (Tmf from Ischnothele)

Indothele dumicola Sen et al., 2015: 18, f. 15-22, pl. 12 (f)

Indothele lanka Coyle, 1995 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000307

Indothele lanka Coyle, 1995: 109, f. 336-346 (Dmf) Original description

Indothele mala Coyle, 1995 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000308

Indothele mala Coyle, 1995: 114, f. 369-370 (Df) Original description

Indothele rothi Coyle, 1995 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000309

Indothele rothi Coyle, 1995: 114, f. 362-368 (Df) Original description

Gen. Ischnothele Ausserer, 1875 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00035

N.B.: not a senior synonym of Thelechoris Karsch, 1881 (Benoit, 1964e: 422); transferred from Dipluridae to Ischnothelidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 697.

Transferred to other genera:

Ischnothele cassetti Tucker, 1920 -- see Thelechoris

Ischnothele catamita Simon, 1907 -- see Lathrothele

Ischnothele dumicola Pocock, 1900 -- see Indothele

Ischnothele karschi (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) -- see Thelechoris

Ischnothele mashonica Pocock, 1901 -- see Thelechoris

Ischnothele rutenbergi (Karsch, 1881) -- see Thelechoris

Ischnothele simplicata Saito, 1933 -- see Macrothele

Ischnothele strandi Spassky, 1937 -- see Phyxioschema

In synonymy:

Ischnothele affinis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945 = Ischnothele annulata Tullgren, 1905 (Coyle, 1995: 74)

Ischnothele campestris Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945 = Ischnothele annulata Tullgren, 1905 (Coyle, 1995: 74)

Ischnothele cranwelli Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1948 = Ischnothele annulata Tullgren, 1905 (Coyle, 1995: 74)

Ischnothele dubia (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Linothele) = Ischnothele caudata Ausserer, 1875 (Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2021: 192)

Ischnothele ecuadorensis Schmidt, 1956 = Ischnothele digitata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 (Coyle, 1995: 52)

Ischnothele funesta (Fischel, 1927) = Ischnothele caudata Ausserer, 1875 (Coyle, 1995: 57)

Ischnothele indigens Vellard, 1924 = Ischnothele annulata Tullgren, 1905 (Coyle, 1995: 74)

Ischnothele obtusa (Fischel, 1927) = Ischnothele caudata Ausserer, 1875 (Coyle, 1995: 57)

Ischnothele pusilla (Simon, 1889) = Ischnothele caudata Ausserer, 1875 (Coyle, 1995: 57)

Ischnothele sexpunctata Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971 = Ischnothele caudata Ausserer, 1875 (Coyle, 1995: 57)

Ischnothele siemensi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 = Ischnothele guianensis Walckenaer, 1837 (Coyle, 1995: 66)

Ischnothele zebrina (Simon, 1891) = Ischnothele caudata Ausserer, 1875 (Coyle, 1995: 57)

Ischnothele zorodes Mello-Leitão, 1943 = Ischnothele annulata Tullgren, 1905 (Coyle, 1995: 74)

Ischnothele annulata Tullgren, 1905 | | Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000310

Ischnothele annulata Tullgren, 1905: 16 (Df) Original description

Ischnothele indigens Vellard, 1924a: 157, pl. 11, f. 42 (Df)

Ischnothele zorodes Mello-Leitão, 1943b: 256 (Df, erroneously indicated as m)

Ischnothele campestris Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945: 173, pl. III (Df)

Ischnothele affinis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945: 174, pl. IV (Dm)

Ischnothele cranwelli Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1948: 2, f. 1-3 (Dmf)

Ischnothele cranwelli Bücherl, 1957: 387, f. 20-20a (m)

Ischnothele cranwelli Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1962b: 72, pl. IV, f. 3 (f)

Ischnothele zoroda Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 123, f. 19-20 (f)

Ischnothele annulata Coyle, 1995: 74, f. 35, 172-174, 177-202, 206-214 (f, Sm)

Ischnothele annulata Grismado & Goloboff, 2014a: 99, f. 12-14 (m)

Ischnothele caudata Ausserer, 1875 | | Mexico to Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000311

Ischnothele caudata Ausserer, 1875: 163 (Df) Original description

Entomothele pusilla Simon, 1889m: 190 (Dmf)

Thelechoris zebrina Simon, 1891f: 329 (Df)

Ischnothele pusilla F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 764

Ischnothele zebrina F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 764

Thelechoris funesta Fischel, 1927: 61, f. 1-3 (Dm)

Thelechoris obtusa Fischel, 1927: 63, f. 4-6 (Dm)

Ischnothele funestra Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 228 (lapsus)

Ischnothele obtusa Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 229

Ischnothele sexpunctata Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 237 (nomen nudum)

Diplura dubia Caporiacco, 1947a: 21 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000334]

Ischnothele sexpunctata Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 123, f. 17-18 (Df; regarded by Brignoli, 1983c: 125, as a formal description of the undescribed "types" of Mello-Leitão)

Ischnothele caudata Coyle, 1995: 57, f. 14-19, 34, 111-137 (f, Sm)

Ischnothele caudata Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2021: 192 (S of Linothele dubia)

Ischnothele digitata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) | | Mexico to El Salvador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000312

Hapalothele digitata Simon, 1892a: 187

Macrothele digitata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892b: 92, pl. 12, f. 3 (Dmf) Original description

Ischnothele digitata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 764

Ischnothele digitata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 37, pl. 2, f. 8 (m)

Ischnothele subdigitata Strand, 1907l: 96 (f, provisional name)

Ischnothele ecuadorensis Schmidt, 1956b: 31 (Dj)

Ischnothele digitata Coyle, 1995: 52, f. 90-104 (mf, S of Ischnothele ecuadorensis)

Ischnothele garcia Coyle, 1995 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000313

Ischnothele garcia Coyle, 1995: 50, f. 84-85 (Df) Original description

Ischnothele goloboffi Coyle, 1995 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000314

Ischnothele goloboffi Coyle, 1995: 84, f. 218-225 (Dmf) Original description

Ischnothele guianensis (Walckenaer, 1837) | | Peru to Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000315

Mygale guianensis Walckenaer, 1837: 231 (Dm) Original description

Thelechoris guianensis Simon, 1892e: 551

Pezionyx guianensis Taczanowski, 1874: 110 (Df)

Ischnothele siemensi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 762, pl. 35, f. 7, 9. 15 (Df)

Entomothele guianensis Simon, 1889m: 216

Ischnothele guianensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 764

Ischnothele guianensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 38, pl. 2, f. 9 (m)

Ischnothele guianensis Heimer, 1990: 8, f. 23-24 (mf)

Ischnothele guianensis Coyle, 1995: 66, f. 1, 3, 6, 27, 40, 44, 49, 138-149, 153-171 (mf, S)

Ischnothele huambisa Coyle, 1995 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000316

Ischnothele huambisa Coyle, 1995: 56, f. 105-107 (Df) Original description

Ischnothele indicola Tikader, 1969 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000317

Ischnothele indicola Tikader, 1969b: 160, f. 25-29 (Dmf; N.B.: misplaced in this genus) Original description

Ischnothele jeremie Coyle, 1995 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000318

Ischnothele jeremie Coyle, 1995: 48, f. 75-83 (Dmf) Original description

Ischnothele jeremie Penney, 2008: 66, f. 5.4 (m)

Ischnothele longicauda Franganillo, 1930 | | Bahama Is., Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000319

Ischnothele longicauda Franganillo, 1930: 4, f. 1-2 (Df) Original description

Ischnothele longicauda Franganillo, 1936c: 17, f. 2-3

Ischnothele longicauda Alayón, 1992b: 2, f. 1-3 (Dm)

Ischnothele longicauda Coyle, 1995: 44, f. 56-72 (mf)

Ischnothele reggae Coyle & Meigs, 1990 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000320

Ischnothele reggae Coyle & Meigs, 1990: 106, f. 1-4, 12-13, 18, 20, 22, 24-25, 27-29 (Dmf) Original description

Ischnothele reggae Coyle, 1995: 50, f. 2, 26, 28-30, 43, 48, 53, 86-87 (mf)

Ischnothele xera Coyle & Meigs, 1990 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000321

Ischnothele xera Coyle & Meigs, 1990: 109, f. 5-6, 14-17, 19, 21, 23-24, 26, 30-35 (Dmf) Original description

Ischnothele xera Coyle, 1995: 51, f. 32-33, 88-89 (mf)

Gen. Lathrothele Benoit, 1965 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00036

N.B.: the spelling Latrothele (Brignoli, 1983c: 126) is erroneous; transferred from Dipluridae to Ischnothelidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 697.

In synonymy:

Lathrothele marmorata Benoit, 1965 = Lathrothele grabensis Benoit, 1965 (Coyle, 1995: 95)

Lathrothele catamita (Simon, 1907) | | São Tomé and Príncipe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000322

Ischnothele catamita Simon, 1907d: 226 (Df) Original description

Lathrothele catamita Benoit, 1965a: 119 (Tf from Ischnothele)

Lathrothele catamita Coyle, 1995: 108, f. 330-335 (f)

Lathrothele cavernicola Benoit, 1965 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000323

Lathrothele cavernicola Benoit, 1965a: 117, f. 3-4 (Dmf) Original description

Lathrothele cavernicola Coyle, 1995: 103, f. 303-304, 309-317 (mf)

Lathrothele grabensis Benoit, 1965 | | Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000324

Lathrothele grabensis Benoit, 1965a: 115, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Lathrothele marmoratus Benoit, 1965a: 122, f. 8 (Df)

Lathrothele grabensis Raven, 1983b: 553, pl. I, f. 3-4, pl. II, f. 2

Lathrothele marmorata Brignoli, 1983c: 126

Lathrothele grabensis Coyle, 1995: 95, f. 41, 45, 51, 54, 278-302, 308, 318-319 (mf, S)

Lathrothele jezequeli Benoit, 1965 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000325

Lathrothele jezequeli Benoit, 1965a: 120, f. 5-7 (Dmf) Original description

Lathrothele jezequeli Coyle, 1995: 105, f. 320-329 (mf)

Lathrothele mitonae Bäckstam, Drolshagen & Seiter, 2013 | | Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046087

Lathrothele mitonae Bäckstam, Drolshagen & Seiter, 2013: 70, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Gen. Thelechoris Karsch, 1881 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00045

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Ischnothele Ausserer, 1875 by Benoit, 1964e: 422; transferred from Dipluridae to Ischnothelidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 697.

In synonymy:

Thelechoris cassetti (Tucker, 1920, T from Ischnothele) = Thelechoris striatipes Simon, 1889 (Benoit, 1964e: 425, sub T. karschi)

Thelechoris karschi Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 = Thelechoris striatipes Simon, 1889 (Coyle, 1995: 117)

Thelechoris mashonica (Pocock, 1901, T from Ischnothele) = Thelechoris striatipes Simon, 1889 (Benoit, 1964e: 425, sub T. karschi)

Thelechoris rutenbergi Karsch, 1881 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000389

Thelechoris rutenbergi Karsch, 1881h: 196, pl. 12, f. C (Df) Original description

Thelechoris rutenbergi Simon, 1892a: 187, f. 77, 127

Ischnothele rutenbergi Strand, 1907f: 263

Ischnothele rutenbergi Strand, 1908f: 456, f. A (mf)

Thelechoris rutenbergi Benoit, 1964e: 424 (Tmf from Ischnothele)

Thelechoris rutenbergi Coyle, 1995: 116, f. 374-387 (mf)

Thelechoris rutenbergi Zhang & Wang, 2017: 362, 3 f. (m)

Thelechoris striatipes (Simon, 1889) | | Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000390

Entomothele striatipes Simon, 1889b: 236 (Dmf) Original description

Telechoris karschii Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895: 27, pl. 2, f. 31 (Df)

Ischnothele mashonica Pocock, 1901b: 337 (Dmf)

Ischnothele karschi Strand, 1907f: 263

Ischnothele karschi Berland, 1914: 51, f. 8-10 (f, Dm)

Ischnothele gracilis Tucker, 1917: 123, f. 10 (Dm)

Ischnothele cassetti Tucker, 1920: 444 (Df)

Ischnothele karschi Berland, 1932b: 273, f. 403 (m)

Thalerothesis striatipes Franganillo, 1935a: 23 (lapsus for Thelechoris)

Ischnothele catamita Roewer, 1953b: 56, f. 19A-C (Dm, misidentified per Benoit, 1964e: 425)

Thelechoris karschi Benoit, 1964e: 424 (Tmf from Ischnothele, S)

Thelechoris karschi Benoit, 1975a: 933, f. 15 (f)

Thelechoris karschi Raven, 1983a: 346, f. 1-7, pl. I, f. 1-2 (mf)

Thelechoris karschi Coyle & O'Shields, 1990: 281, f. 4-5 (mf)

Thelechoris striatipes Coyle, 1995: 117, f. 5, 31, 36-39, 42, 46, 52, 55, 388-446, 442 (removed mf from S of T. rutenbergi, S)

Thelechoris striatipes Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021i: 5, p. 4: 1 f., p. 5: 7 f. (m, f habitus)