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Genus: Indothele Coyle, 1995 | Family: Ischnothelidae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897

Indothele dumicola (Pocock, 1900)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000306

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Described:

Distribution: India

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Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m - (Tripathi et al., 2025)
Paralectotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 40f - (Tripathi et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

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)

References

Coyle, F. A. (1995). A revision of the funnelweb mygalomorph spider subfamily Ischnothelinae (Araneae, Dipluridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 226: 1-133. -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1900a). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida. Taylor and Francis, London, 279 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.48423 -- Show included taxa

Sen, S., Dhali, D. C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2015). Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. World Scientific News 20: 1-339. -- Show included taxa

Tripathi, R., Kadam, G., Sherwood, D. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2025). Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 189-212. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-03-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Tripathi et al., 2025
2015-12-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Sen et al., 2015