Ischalea | |
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Ischalea spinipes | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Desidae |
Genus: | Ischalea L. Koch, 1872[1] |
Type species | |
I. spinipes L. Koch, 1872
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Species | |
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Ischalea is a genus of intertidal spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872.[2] As of September 2019[update] it contains three species, found in Mauritius, on Madagascar, and the Polynesian Islands: I. incerta, I. longiceps, and I. spinipes.[1] Originally placed with the Pisauridae, it was moved to the Stiphidiidae in 1973,[3] and to the Desidae after a 2017 genetic study.[4]