Ischnocolus valentinus ( Dufour, 1820 )

Zonstein, Sergei L., 2018, Complementary data on the genus Ischnocolus (Araneae: Theraphosidae), Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 48 (1), pp. 105-118 : 114-115

Ischnocolus valentinus ( Dufour, 1820)

( Figs 18–20) Mygale valentina Dufour, 1820: 5 , pl. LXXIII, figs 1, 2 (♂). Ischnocolus valentinus : Ausserer, 1871: 186; Guadanucci & Wendt 2014: 391, fig. 3A–D (♂ ♀). Leptopelma cavicola Simon 1889: 396 , pl. XIII, fig. 3 (♂ ♀, burrow structure), 1909: 8; Reimoser

1919: 7; Roewer 1942: 222; Bonnet 1957: 2395; Benoit 1964: 414, figs 1, 2 (♂ ♀). N. syn. Leptopelma cavicula [lapsus]: McCook 1890: 189, fig. 1 (burrow structure). Nemesia cavicola : Uchman et al. 2018: 69, 73, fig. 1g (burrow structure).

NB: Only sources using the original name, the currently accepted name and the names which fall into the newly established synonymy are listed here. For the full synonymy list refer to WSC (2018).

Material examined: Algeria: 1♂ ”Mecheria – Bou Saada – Metjez” [no other data] ( MNHN 6131 ) ; 2♂ same label data ( MNHN 6192 ) ; 1♂ 1♀ Daya [no other data, probably collected in 1882–1884 by M.L. Bedel] (syntypes of Leptopelma cavicola Simon, 1889 ) ( MNHN 6130 /AR4542) ; 8♂ 30♀ Birin, Oued Sedem & Tlemsen, mid-1880s, E. Simon (syntypes of L. cavicola Simon, 1889 ) ( MNHN 5550 / AR4548) . Morocco: 1♂ 1♀ Fez, ii.1868, E. Simon (syntypes of Ischnocolus maroccanus Simon, 1873 ) ( MNHN 1459 ) ; 1♂ Tizni, ii.1964, J. Lambert ( MRAC 130699 ) .

Distribution: Spain, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya ( WSC 2018). According to Guadanucci and Wendt (2014), the range of this species includes also the disputed Western Sahara.