Biology:Ischnocolus valentinus
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Short description: Species of spider
| Ischnocolus valentinus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Ischnocolus |
| Species: | I. valentinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)[1]
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Taxon details Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/37613, retrieved 2016-09-16
- ↑ "The Natural History of Tarantula Spiders Richard C. Gallon". The British Tarantula Society. http://www.thebts.co.uk/old_articles/natural.htm. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ↑ "Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)". araneae Spiders of Europe. http://www.araneae.unibe.ch/data/1497/Ischnocolus_valentinus. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ↑ The American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Ed.(2009), Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company. "[Medieval Latin, from Old Italian tarantola, after Taranto.]"
Wikidata ☰ Q2534680 entry
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