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Ischnocolinae

The Ischnocolinae are a subfamily of tarantulas. The composition of the subfamily was reviewed in 2014 and the number of genera included sharply reduced. Divided tarsal scopulae were originally thought to be the distinguishing features, but are now believed to be 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 these genera: Genera suggested to be excluded from subfamily include:

[ "Spermatheca", "Tarantula", "Mygalomorphae", "Sickius" ]
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