Ischnocolus valentinus
Scientific classification Edit this 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 valentina Dufour, 1820
  • Mygale valenciana Walckenaer, 1837
  • Trechona valentinus Thorell, 1870
  • Ischnocolus holosericeus L. Koch 1871
  • Ischnocolus triangulifer Ausserer, 1871
  • Avicularia andalusiaca Simon, 1873
  • Avicularia marocanna Simon, 1873
  • Ischnocolus andalusiacus Ausserer, 1875
  • Ischnocolus maroccanus Ausserer, 1875
  • Ischnocolus algericus Thorell, 1875
  • Ischnocolus fuscostriatus Simon, 1885
  • Ischnocolus fuscoannulatus Strand, 1908
  • Ischnocolus mogadorensis Simon, 1909
  • Ischnocolus numida Simon, 1909
  • Ischnocolus tripolitanus Caporiacco, 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]

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.]"


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