Ischnothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders. It was first described as a subfamily of the family Dipluridae by F.O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1897 and raised to a family by Opatova et al. in 2020.[1][2]
| Ischnothelidae | |
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| Ischnothele caudata | |
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| Thelechoris striatipes from Zimbabwe | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Ischnothelidae F.O. P-Cambridge, 1897[1] |
| Genera | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) | |
Genera
editAs of January 2026[update], this family includes six genera and 28 species:[1]
- Andethele Coyle, 1995 – Peru
- Indothele Coyle, 1995 – India, Sri Lanka
- Ischnothele Ausserer, 1875 – Caribbean, South America
- Lathrothele Benoit, 1965 – Africa
- Tepuithele Dupérré & Tapia, 2025 – Ecuador
- Thelechoris Karsch, 1881 – Africa
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Family Ischnothelidae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- ↑ Opatova, V.; et al. (2020). "Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data". Systematic Biology. 69 (4): 701–702. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz064. PMID 31841157.
