Biology:Ischnocolus valentinus

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Short description: Species of spider

Ischnocolus valentinus
Scientific classification edit
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
  • Walckenaer, 1837 holosericeus L. Koch 1871
  • Ausserer, 1875 Ischnocolus maroccanus
  • Ischnocolus triangulifer Ausserer, 1875
  • Trechona valentinus Ausserer, 1871
  • Thorell, 1875 Caporiacco, 1937
  • Ischnocolus Avicularia andalusiaca
  • fuscostriatus Simon, 1885 Mygale valenciana
  • Thorell, 1870 Simon, 1873
  • Strand, 1908 Ischnocolus algericus
  • Ischnocolus mogadorensis Avicularia marocanna
  • Simon, 1909 Ischnocolus numida
  • Ischnocolus Simon, 1873
  • Simon, 1909 Ischnocolus fuscoannulatus
  • Ischnocolus tripolitanus Ischnocolus andalusiacus

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. 1.0 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 
  2. "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. 
  3. "Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)". araneae Spiders of Europe. http://www.araneae.unibe.ch/data/1497/Ischnocolus_valentinus. 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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