World Spider Catalog

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

type Ischnothele dumicola Pocock, 1900; gender feminine

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

Indothele amboli Kadam, Tripathi & Sherwood, 2025 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064440

Indothele amboli Kadam, Tripathi & Sherwood in Tripathi et al., 2025: 191, f. 1A-B, 2A-K, 3A-H, 4A-E (Dmf) Original description

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

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

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

Indothele dumicola Sen et al., 2015: 18, f. 15-22, pl. 12 (f; misidentified per Tripathi et al., 2025: 201, Macrothele sp.)

Indothele dumicola Tripathi et al., 2025: 201, f. 9A-I, 10A-F (mf)

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 mala Tripathi et al., 2025: 204, f. 11A-K, 12A-F (Dm, f)

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

Indothele rothi Coyle, 1995: 114, f. 362-368 (Df; dedicated to Vince and Barbara Roth) Original description

Indothele rothorum Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025: 51 (specific epithet corrected)

Indothele silentvalley Tripathi, Kadam & Sherwood, 2025 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064441

Indothele silentvalley Tripathi, Kadam & Sherwood in Tripathi et al., 2025: 196, f. 5A-B, 6A-K, 7A-H, 8A-E, 14 (Dmf) Original description