Ischnocolinopsis
| Ischnocolinopsis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | †Ischnocolinopsis Wunderlich, 1988 |
| Species: | †I. acutus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ischnocolinopsis acutus Wunderlich, 1988[1]
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Ischnocolinopsis is a genus of fossil tarantula. It has been placed in the Ischnocolinae,[2] although this subfamily was sharply reduced in size in 2014.[3] 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.[2]
Characteristic Features
Ischnocolinopsis has a cephalothorax that is much longer than wide and has a transverse fovea. The embolus is short and pointed.[2]
References
- ^ List of Fossil Spiders and their Relatives World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
- ^ a b c Wunderlich, J. (1988). Die Fossilen Spinnen im Dominikanischen Bernstein. Published by the author, Straubenhardt, West Germany, pp. 48-49.
- ^ 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.