Ischnocolinae

Ischnocolinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Subfamily:	Ischnocolinae Simon, 1892
Genera
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The Ischnocolinae is a subfamily of tarantulas. Its composition was reviewed in 2014 and the number of genera included sharply reduced.

It was originally thought that divided tarsal scopulae was the distinguishing feature, but it is now believed that divided tarsal scopulae is plesiomorphic.

Guadanucci 2014 published analyses which indicated that the "Ischnocolinae" as previously defined were not monophyletic. A much reduced subfamily of the Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae sensu stricto, was supported. It contains only the following genera:

Genera suggested to be excluded from subfamily include:

Several genera transferred to newly created Schismatothelinae

In the same year, Mirza, Sanap & Bhosale 2014 further revised some Indian taxa associated with the Ischnocolinae, and described the new genus Sahydroaraneus, and treated them instead as subfamily Eumenophorinae.

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