Ischnocolus elongatus ( Simon, 1873 ), 2018

Zonstein, Sergei L., 2018, Complementary data on the genus Ischnocolus (Araneae: Theraphosidae), Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 48 (1), pp. 105-118 : 106-107

Genus Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871 Ischnocolus elongatus ( Simon, 1873) , n. comb.

Cyrtauchenius elongatus Simon, 1873: 32 (♀); Moggridge 1874: 182, 189, 248, pl. XIII, fig. B (burrow entrance); Savory 1928: 290.

Leptopelma africana Ausserer, 1875: 167 (♀). Synonymised with Cyrtauchenius elongatus Simon,

1873 by Simon (1889: 396). Not a secondary homonym of Cteniza africana C.L. Koch,

1838: 10, fig. 344 (♀) = Nemesia africana (C.L. Koch, 1838) .

Leptopelma elongata : Simon 1889: 395, pl. XIII, fig. 2 (♀, burrow entrance), 1909: 9; Reimoser 1919: 7; Berland 1932: 110, fig. 219 (burrow entrance).

Leptopelma elongatum : Simon 1892: 127; Roewer 1942: 222; Bonnet 1957: 2396.

Nemesia elongata : Uchman et al. 2018: 73.

Distribution: The species is known from two localities in Morocco ( Simon 1873; Ausserer 1875).

Notes: The holotype of Cyrtauchenius elongatus was not found in the Simon’s collection in the MNHN when I visited Paris in 2012. The holotype of Leptopelma africana Ausserer, 1875 kept at the NHML was not examined either. However, the original description of the latter taxon (Ausserer 1875: 167) clearly points to its position within the Theraphosidae : “2 zahnlose Klauen und 2 Haarbüschel vor denselben an jedem Tarsus. Oberes Paar der Spinnwarzen so lang als Tibia I, die 3 Glieder in ihrer Länge wenig verschieden; das untere Paar kaum halb so lang, als das Basalglied der oberen.” [2 toothless claws and 2 tufts of hairs in front of them on each tarsus. Upper pair of spinnerets is as long as tibia I, the 3 segments are little different in their length; the lower pair is about half as long as the basal segment of the upper one].

According to Simon (1889), he had a possibility to examine the holotype of L. africana and found it conspecific with L. elongata . Furthermore, Ischnocolus remains the only theraphosid genus recorded in Morocco and the adjacent countries ( WSC 2018).