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Extinct genus of spiders

Ischnocolinopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: †Ischnocolinopsis
Wunderlich, 1988
Species: †I. acutus
Binomial name
†Ischnocolinopsis acutus
Wunderlich, 1988

Ischnocolinopsis is a genus of fossil tarantula. It has been placed in the Ischnocolinae, although this subfamily was sharply reduced in size in 2014. It is monotypic, the only species being Ischnocolinopsis acutus. It came from the Miocene period, and from the Dominican Republic. It was found in Dominican amber.

Characteristic Features

Ischnocolinopsis has a cephalothorax that is much longer than wide and has a transverse fovea. The embolus is short and pointed.

References

  1. List of Fossil Spiders and their Relatives World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Wunderlich, J. (1988). Die Fossilen Spinnen im Dominikanischen Bernstein. Published by the author, Straubenhardt, West Germany, pp. 48-49.
  3. Guadanucci, J.P.L. (2014). "Theraphosidae phylogeny: relationships of the 'Ischnocolinae' genera (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (5): 508–518. doi:10.1111/zsc.12065. S2CID 86484123.
Taxon identifiers
Ischnocolinopsis


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