Type Locality : Upper Galilee, 0.5 km SSE summit of Mt. Meron, 1120 m
Etymology : The specific epithet is a toponym (and a noun in apposition to the genus name) referring to the type locality.
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The genus Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871
is found to include three species represented in Israel:
the recently described I. ignoratus Guadanucci et
Wendt, 2014, I. meron sp.n. described herein, and an
additional congener inhabiting the Negev Desert and
known only from a subadult specimen (most likely,
belonging to I. jickelii L. Koch, 1875). The new species
differs from I. ignoratus as well as from other
congeners by a specific configuration of the spermathecae
and by integral leg tarsi I–IV lacking the transverse
suture. Regarding the type series of I. ignoratus,
a controversial information concering the collection
data is discussed in detail. Ischnocolus meron sp.n. and
I. ignoratus are diagnosed, depicted and (re)described;
the data on their ecology and distribution are also provided.
How to cite this paper: Zonstein S.L. 2023. A survey
of the spider genus Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871
(Aranei: Theraphosidae) in Israel with description of a
new species // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.30. No.2. P.197–
212. doi: 10.15298/arthsel. 32.2.05
Arthropoda Selecta 32(2): 197-212