Ischnocolus valentinus

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

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 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. "Taxon details Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-09-16
2. "The Natural History of Tarantula Spiders Richard C. Gallon". The British Tarantula Society. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
3. "Ischnocolus valentinus (Dufour, 1820)". araneae Spiders of Europe. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
4. The American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Ed.(2009), Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company. "[Medieval Latin, from Old Italian tarantola, after Taranto.]"