Ischnothelidae

Ischnothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders. It was first described as a subfamily of the family Dipluridae by F.O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1897 and raised to a family by Opatova et al. in 2020.^[1][2]

Ischnothelidae
Ischnothele caudata
Thelechoris striatipes from Zimbabwe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Clade:	Avicularioidea
Family:	Ischnothelidae F.O. P-Cambridge, 1897[1]
Genera
See text.

Genera

As of October 2025^[update], this family includes six genera:^[1]

• Andethele Coyle, 1995 – Peru
• Indothele Coyle, 1995 – India, Sri Lanka
• Ischnothele Ausserer, 1875 – Caribbean, South America
• Lathrothele Benoit, 1965 – Africa
• Tepuithele Dupérré & Tapia, 2025 – Ecuador
• Thelechoris Karsch, 1881 – Africa

See also

• List of Ischnothelidae species