Ischnocolus tomentosus Thorell, 1899

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Thorell, T. T. T. (1899). Araneae Camerunenses (Africae occidentalis) quas anno 1891 collegerunt Cel. Dr Y. Sjöstedt aliique. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 25(1): 1-105.
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Distribution

CameroonCongo

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record, against the rainfall where they live

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Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, Cameroon, Congo. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 1732 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Specimen Records (2)

NHRS 21 ♀ Type Cameroon

Camerun

col. Sjöstedt

MRAC 1422 ♂ Congo

Luali, Bas-Congo

September 1937 · col. Dartevelle

Taxonomic History

  1. 1899
    Ischnocolus tomentosus Thorell, 1899
  2. 2026
    Korba & Opatova (2026) note this Central African species is "certainly pertaining to a different genus", possibly Myostola, following Guadanucci & Wendt (2014). They did not sample it and made no transfer, so it remains in Ischnocolus.

Bibliography (2)

Thorell, T. T. T. (1899). Araneae Camerunenses (Africae occidentalis) quas anno 1891 collegerunt Cel. Dr Y. Sjöstedt aliique. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 25(1): 1-105.
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(2026). Out of North Africa: Evolution and biogeography of Afro-Arabian dwarf tarantulas (Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 218: 108559.
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