Thelechoris

Thelechoris
T. striatipes
female T. striatipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Ischnothelidae
Genus:	Thelechoris Karsch, 1881 [1]
Type species
T. rutenbergi Karsch, 1881
Species [1]
Thelechoris rutenbergiKarsch, 1881 Thelechoris striatipesSimon, 1889

Thelechoris is a genus of East African spiders in the family Ischnothelidae, with two species. It was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1881. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

• 
  female T. striatipes
• 
  female T. striatipes

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes two species: ^[1]

• Thelechoris rutenbergi Karsch, 1881 – Madagascar (type species)
• Thelechoris striatipes (Simon, 1889) – Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar

References

1. "Genus Thelechoris". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-02.
2. Karsch, F. (1881), "Spinnen", Reliquiae Rutenbergianae

External links

• Citizen science observations for Thelechoris at iNaturalist