Ischnocolus valentinus

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Ischnocolus valentinus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Ischnocolus
Species:
I. valentinus
Binomial name
Ischnocolus valentinus
(Dufour, 1820) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Mygale valentinaDufour, 1820
  • Mygale valencianaWalckenaer, 1837
  • Trechona valentinusThorell, 1870
  • Ischnocolusholosericeus L. Koch 1871
  • Ischnocolus trianguliferAusserer, 1871
  • Avicularia andalusiacaSimon, 1873
  • Avicularia marocannaSimon, 1873
  • Ischnocolus andalusiacusAusserer, 1875
  • Ischnocolus maroccanusAusserer, 1875
  • Ischnocolus algericusThorell, 1875
  • Ischnocolusfuscostriatus Simon, 1885
  • Ischnocolus fuscoannulatusStrand, 1908
  • Ischnocolus mogadorensisSimon, 1909
  • Ischnocolus numidaSimon, 1909
  • Ischnocolus tripolitanusCaporiacco, 1937

Ischnocolus valentinus is a small, old-world tarantula. It is found in Spain, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. It is the only species of true tarantula to occur in continental Europe. [2] It is the type species of the genus Ischnocolus . [1] It is found in Mediterranean scrub with oaks and bushes, hiding under large flattish stones. [3] The species originally called the tarantula in Europe is Lycosa tarantula , a large species of wolf spider. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Taxon details Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-09-16
  2. "The Natural History of Tarantula Spiders Richard C. Gallon". The British Tarantula Society. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. "Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)". araneae Spiders of Europe. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  4. The American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Ed.(2009), Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company. "[Medieval Latin, from Old Italian tarantola, after Taranto.]"