Ischnothelidae

Ischnothelidae
Ischnothele caudata
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

See text.

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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]

Genera

As of January 2026, this family includes six genera and 28 species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Family Ischnothelidae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  2. ^ 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.