Ischnocolus valentinus

Ischnocolus valentinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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, Sicily, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Western Sahara. ^[2] It is the only species of true tarantula to occur in continental Europe, and one of two to occur in Europe along with Chaetopelma lymberakisi . ^{[2] [3]} 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. ^[4]

References

1. "Taxon details Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-09-16
2. Zonstein, Sergei L. (2018-12-23). "Complementary data on the genus Ischnocolus (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Israel Journal of Entomology. 48 (1): 105–118. doi:10.5281/zenodo.2525281.
3. "The Natural History of Tarantula Spiders Richard C. Gallon". The British Tarantula Society. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
4. "Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)". araneae Spiders of Europe. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.