taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D087A3FFEFFF9BD562FDE58F5CFC61.taxon	type_taxon	Type species Ischnothele dumicola Pocock, 1900, by original designation (Coyle 1995).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEFFF9BD562FDE58F5CFC61.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis For genus description and diagnosis, see Coyle (1995).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEFFF9BD562FDE58F5CFC61.taxon	distribution	Distribution India and Sri Lanka (World Spider Catalog 2024).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEFFF9AD6C6FC5D884FF832.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: CC 8 A 7 C 2 A-DCD 8 - 43 AB- 8 CDC- 8847 C 3 ED 511 B Figs 1 – 4, 14, Table 1	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEFFF9AD6C6FC5D884FF832.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Males of Indothele amboli sp. nov. resemble those of I. mala by the very long and slender embolus curving gently upward (Fig. 4 A – B); metatarsus I ventral apophysis situated medially and consisting of a low retrolateral ridge (Fig. 2 F), and distal end of metatarsus I with tiny protuberance situated basally, but can be distinguished by the following characteristics: (1) the embolus is much slender and the embolic tip longer (vs slightly broad and shorter tip in I. mala); (2) the tibial apophysis is elongate and narrow (vs short and broad in I. mala), and (3) the palpal tibia is incrassate (vs. unmodified in I. mala) (cf. Fig. 4 A – C vs Fig. 12 A – E). Females of Indothele amboli resemble those of I. rothi Coyle, 1995 by the weakly sclerotized spermathecal lobes, with each (opposing) median receptacle longer than lateral one, and with a correspondingly larger lobe on the median receptacle (s). However, they can be distinguished by the uniform size and shape of the receptacles (vs receptacles elongated in I. rothi) (cf. Fig. 4 E vs Coyle 1995: figs 347 – 354).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEFFF9AD6C6FC5D884FF832.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific epithet is a noun in apposition derived from the type locality.	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEFFF9AD6C6FC5D884FF832.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype INDIA • ♂; Maharashtra, Sindhudurg, Sawantwadi, Amboli village; 15 ° 57 ′ 34 ″ N, 73 ° 59 ′ 50 ″ E; 746 m; 20 Aug. 2023; G. Kadam and R. Tripathi leg.; from ground burrow, by hand; NCBS, NRC-AA- 9037. Paratype INDIA • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; NCBS, NRC-AA- 9038.	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEFFF9AD6C6FC5D884FF832.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype, Figs 2, 4 A – C) Measurements: total length including chelicerae: 6.72. Carapace: length 3.36, width 2.93. Caput: slightly raised. Ocular tubercle: raised, length 0.45, width 0.87. Eyes: AME> ALE, ALE> PLE, PLE> PME, anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior row recurved (Fig. 2 B). Clypeus: narrow; clypeal fringe: short. Fovea: deep, transverse. Chelicerae: length 1.49, width 0.85. Abdomen: length 3.36, width 2.21. Maxilla with 42 – 45 cuspules. Labium: length 0.23, width 0.62, lacking cuspules. Labio-sternal mounds: separate. Sternum: length 1.85, width 1.59. Lengths of legs and palpal segments: see Table 1, legs 4,3,2,1. Spination: palp: femur pld 1 do 5, patella pld 2 do 3 rld 2, tibia pld 2 pl 1 plv 3 do 4 rld 2, tarsus / cymbium plv 3 rlv 2; legs: femora I – II pld 1 do 5, III – IV pld 1 do 5 rld 1; patella I pld 3 rld 3, II pld 3 do 1 rld 3, III – IV pld 3 do 1 rld 3; tibia I pld 2 do 1 rld 2 rlv 1, II pld 1 pl 2 plv 4 rl 2 rlv 4, III pld 2 pl 3 plv 4 do 2 rld 3 rl 2 rlv 4, IV pld 2 pl 2 plv 4 rld 1 rl 2 rlv 4; metatarsus I pld 1 pl 2 rlv 1, II pld 2 pl 2 plv 3 rld 1 rl 2 rlv 3, III pld 2 pl 2 plv 3 rld 2 rl 2 rlv 3, IV pld 3 pl 3 plv 3 do 2 rld 2 rl 2 rlv 2; tarsi I – III spineless, IV plv 3 rlv 2. Tibia I retrolaterally with subterminal apophysis; long, slender and pointed (Fig. 2 F – H). Metatarsus I: metatarsal protuberance present and situated ventroretrolaterally (Fig. 2 F). Spinnerets: four; PLS with three segments basal 1.28, medial 1.05, digitiform 2.52 longest, segmented and flexible; PMS with one segment (Fig. 2 K). Palpal tibia: slightly increassate. Palpal cymbium: elongate, tarsus-like. Palp bulb elongate, with slender embolus curving gently upward; sperm duct long and moderately wide (Fig. 4 A – C). Embolus 1.38 long, 0.27 wide. Colour: carapace, clypeus, leg segments, spinnerets orange to brown with black shade; eye region dark; chelicerae, labium, maxillae, sternum pale whitish orange; opisthosoma black (Fig. 2 A). Carapace densely covered with thin appressed hairs, with brownish streaks starting from fovea; thoracic margin with black band. Pars cephalica slightly elevated (Fig. 2 C). One pair of foveal bristles. Eyes on low tubercles, encircled with black pigment (Fig. 2 B). Chelicerae dorsally with band of setae, ventrally with two rows of teeth on margin; promargin with 11 teeth and retromargin with 10 teeth, and 6 tiny teeth within fang furrow (Fig. 2 I – J). Female (paratype, Figs 3, 4 D – E) Measurements: total length including chelicerae: 9.93. Carapace: length 4.35, width 3.85. Caput: slightly raised. Ocular tubercle: raised, length 0.34, width 0.72. Eyes: AME> ALE, ALE> PLE, PLE> PME, anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior row recurved (Fig. 3 B). Clypeus: narrow; clypeal fringe: short (Fig. 3 C). Fovea: deep, transverse. Chelicerae: length 2.10, width 0.51. Abdomen: length 5.58, width 3.85. Maxilla with 85 – 90 cuspules. Labium: length 0.17, width 0.43, lacking cuspules. Labio-sternal mounds: separate. Sternum: length 2.55, width 2.11 (Fig. 3 D). Lengths of legs and palpal segments: see Table 1, legs 4,3,2,1. Spination: palp: femur pld 1 do 8, patella pld 2 do 2 rld 3 rl 1, tibia pld 2 pl 1 plv 2 rld 3 rl 2 rlv 1, tarsus plv 2 rlv 2; legs: femora I – II & IV pld 1 do 8 rld 1, III do 8 rld 1; patella I pld 2 do 1 rld 3, II pld 2 do 3 rld 2, III pld 3 do 3 rld 3, IV pld 3 do 2 rld 3; tibia I pld 2 plv 3 rld 3 rlv 3, II pld 2 pl 2 plv 2 do 2 rld 1 rlv 3, III pld 3 plv 3 do 2 rl 2 rlv 3, IV pld 3 do 2 rl 2 rlv 3; metatarsus I pld 1 plv 1 rlv 2, II plv 3 rlv 2, III pld 2 pl 2 plv 3 rl 2 rlv 3, IV pld 3 plv 3 do 2 rld 2 rlv 3; tarsi I – III spineless, IV plv 2 rlv 3. General aspects essentially as in male except: body colour darker (Fig. 3 A), chelicerae promargin with 10 teeth and retromargin with 9 teeth, and 9 tiny teeth within fang furrow (Fig. 3 F – G). Spinnerets: PLS with three segments, basal 1.83, median 1.75, digitiform apical 3.33. PMS with one segment (Fig. 3 H). Spermathecae with two receptacles, each branching into two lobes; base of receptacles wider, taper of lateral lobes more abrupt than medial lobes, lobes asymmetrical (Fig. 4 E).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEFFF9AD6C6FC5D884FF832.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known only from the type locality, Amboli, Maharashtra, India (Fig. 14).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEAFF91D6BDFBEE88E8F832.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: B 8 E 37 B 3 A- 39 D 8 - 4064 - 8986 - AABD 19799 D 23 Figs 5 – 8, 14, Table 2	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEAFF91D6BDFBEE88E8F832.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Males of Indothele silentvalley sp. nov. resemble those of I. dumicola (Pocock, 1900) by the moderately long embolus, the aspinose tibial apophysis, and the cymbial apophysis with two prolateral and two retrolateral spines. However, I. silentvalley can be distinguished by the following characteristics: (1) the embolus curving sharply upward at the tip (vs gentle curve in I. dumicola); (2) the unmodified palpal tibia (vs incrassate in I. dumicola), and the tibia I nearly straight (vs gradually tapering to a narrow tip in I. dumicola) (cf. Figs 6 F – H, 8 A – C vs Coyle 1995: figs 347 – 354). Females of the new species can be readily distinguished from all known female congeners by their distinctive spermathecal morphology, with elongate and thin receptacles and regularly rounded spermathecal lobes (cf. Fig. 8 E vs Coyle 1995: figs 343 – 346, 355 – 359, 362 – 366, 369 – 370).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEAFF91D6BDFBEE88E8F832.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific epithet is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality.	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEAFF91D6BDFBEE88E8F832.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype INDIA • ♂; Kerala, Palakkad, Silent Valley National Park, Sairandhri Range; 11 ° 05 ′ 38.0 ″ N, 76 ° 26 ′ 44.4 ″ E; 1024 m; 14 Aug. 2024; R. Tripathi and G. Kadam leg.; from dead tree log, by hand; NCBS, NRC-AA- 9039. Paratype INDIA • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; NCBS, NRC-AA- 9040.	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEAFF91D6BDFBEE88E8F832.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype, Figs 6, 8 A – C) Measurements: total length including chelicerae: 5.78. Carapace: length 2.71, width 2.36. Caput: slightly raised. Ocular tubercle: raised, length 0.43, width 0.80. Eyes: AME> ALE, ALE> PLE, PLE> PME, anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior row recurved (Fig. 6 B). Clypeus: narrow; clypeal fringe and short (Fig. 6 C). Fovea: deep, transverse. Chelicerae: length 1.08, width 0.73. Abdomen: length 3.07, width 2.08. Maxilla with 22 – 25 cuspules. Labium: length 0.22, width 0.56, lacking cuspules. Labio-sternal mounds: separate. Sternum: length 1.48, width 1.36. Lengths of legs and palpal segments: see Table 2, legs 4,3,2,1. Spination: palp: femur plv 5 do 4 rlv 5, patella pld 2 do 2 rlv 2, tibia pl 1 pld 1 plv 3 rl 2 rld 2 rlv 3, tarsus / cymbium pld 3 rld 2; legs: femora I – II pld 1 plv 7 do 6 rlv 7, III plv 6 do 6 rld 2 rlv 6, IV plv 6 do 5 rlv 6; patellae I pld 2 rld 2, II – IV pld 2 do 3 rld 2; tibia I pld 2 rld 2, II – IV pld 2 do 3 rld 2; tibia I pl 2 pld 1 rl 2 rld 1 rlv 2, II pl 1 pld 1 plv 1 rl 2 rld 2 rlv 2, III – IV pl 2 pld 2 plv 2 rl 2 rld 2 rlv 2; metatarsus I plv 1 rlv 1 v 1, II pl 2 pld 2 plv 2 rl 2 rld 2 rlv 3 v 1, III – IV pl 1 pld 2 plv 3 rl 1 rld 2 rlv 3; tarsi I – IV spineless. Tibia I with subterminal thorn shape retrolateral apophysis (Fig. 6 F – H). Sternum hirsute; nearly circular and with three pairs of sigillae: anterior pair at height of rl coxa I, largest; medial pair at height of rl coxa II; posterior pair at height of rl coxa III, smallest; all marginal (Fig. 6 D). PLS with three segments, basal 0.97, median 0.89, digitiform apical 1.48. PMS with one segment (Fig. 6 K). Palpal bulb moderately long and nearly straight, embolus strongly curved at apex. Cymbial apophysis with two prolateral and two retrolateral spines. Palpal bulb thick and nearly straight, with sperm duct prominently wide at base and narrowing after the midpoint (Fig. 8 A – C). Embolus 0.72 long, 0.25 wide. Colour: carapace, clypeus, leg segments, spinnerets greyish white; eye region dark; chelicerae, labium, maxillae, sternum pale whitish orange; opisthosoma black with purple shade (Fig. 6 A). Carapace densely covered with thin hairs, with brownish streaks; thoracic margin with semi erect setae and dark coloured. Pars cephalica slightly elevated. Eyes on low tubercles, encircled with black pigment (Fig. 6 B). Cheliceral promargin with 10 teeth and retromargin with 10 teeth, and 8 tiny teeth within fang furrow (Fig. 6 I – J). Female (paratype, Figs 7, 8 D – E) Measurements: total length including chelicerae: 6.78. Carapace: length 2.65, width 2.41. Caput: slightly raised. Ocular tubercle: raised, length 0.32, width 0.61. Eyes: AME> ALE, ALE> PLE, PLE> PME, anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior row recurved (Fig. 7 B). Clypeus: narrow; clypeal fringe and short (Fig. 7 C). Fovea: deep, transverse. Chelicerae: length 1.14, width 0.69. Abdomen: length 4.13, width 3.29. Maxilla with 27 – 28 cuspules. Labium: length 0.17, width 0.42, lacking cuspules. Labio-sternal mounds, separate. Sternum: length 1.55, width 1.43. Lengths of legs and palpal segments: see Table 2, legs 4,3,2,1. Spination: palp: femur plv 3 do 4 rlv 3; patella pld 1 do 1 rld 1; tibia pld 2 pl 2 plv 3 rld 2 rl 2 rlv 3; tarsus / cymbium pld 2 pl 2 plv 2 rld 1 rl 2 rlv 2; legs: femur I plv 4 do 3 rlv 4, II – IV plv 4 do 4 rld 1 rlv 4; patellae I – IV pld 2 do 2 rld 2; tibia I pl 1 plv 1 rl 1 rld 1, II pld 1 pl 1 plv 2 rld 2 rl 1 rlv 2, III – IV pl 2 pld 2 plv 3 rl 2 rld 1 rlv 3; metatarsi I pl 1 plv 3 rld 1 rlv 3, II pld 1 pl 2 plv 3 rld 1 rl 2 rlv 3, III – IV pld 1 pl 2 plv 2 rl 2 rld 1 rlv 3; tarsus I – IV spineless. General aspects essentially as in male except: body colour darker (Fig. 7 A), cheliceral promargin with 10 teeth and retromargin with 11 teeth, and 12 tiny teeth within fang furrow (Fig. 7 F – G). Spinnerets PMS (length 0.63); PLS (total 4.25): proximal (length 1.27); medial (length 0.88) shortest; distal (length 2.10). Spermathecae with four receptacles, each extremely thin and elongate, ending with a large and conspicuously rounded lobe; base of receptacles fused to a weakly W-shaped membrane (Fig. 8 E).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFEAFF91D6BDFBEE88E8F832.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known only from the type locality, Silent Valley National Park, Kerala, India (Fig. 14).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFE1FF95D6C6FAB68E1DF930.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality Amboli, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India. Type repository NCBS. Records from India Maharashtra.	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFE1FF95D6C6FAB68E1DF930.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known only from India (Fig. 14).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFE1FF96D54CF88E8935FCD9.taxon	description	Figs 9 – 10, 14	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFE1FF96D54CF88E8935FCD9.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined Lectotype INDIA • ♂; Poona (= Pune), Maharashtra; 21 Nov. 1899; Wroughton leg.; in tube 1 together with 2 female lectotypes; BMNH. Paralectotypes INDIA • 2 ♀♀; same data as for lectotype; one spermathecae dissected; in tube 1 with the male lectotype; BMNH • 2 ♀♀; same data as for lectotype; both spermathecae dissected; tube 2; BMNH • 36 ♀♀; same data as for lectotype, undissected; tube 3; BMNH. Records from India Maharashtra (Coyle 1995; this work: Fig. 14).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFE1FF96D54CF88E8935FCD9.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known only from India (World Spider Catalog 2024).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFE1FF96D54CF88E8935FCD9.taxon	discussion	Remarks This species was adequately redescribed by Coyle (1995), we present the first photomicrographs of the species (Figs 9 – 10). The specimen depicted by Sen et al. (2015) is clearly a specimen of Macrothele.	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFE2FF8BD57BFCE68EFCFAB2.taxon	description	Figs 11 – 12, 14, Table 3	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFE2FF8BD57BFCE68EFCFAB2.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh, India (Coyle 1995). Type repository CAS (Coyle 1995). Material examined INDIA • 1 ♂; Karnataka, Kolar; 12 ° 45 ′ to 13 ° 35 ′ N, 77 ° 50 ′ to 78 ° 35 ″ E; 2 – 4. Apr. 1902 – 1912; G. P. Staunton leg.; BMNH • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; BMNH (Fig. 11 L).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFE2FF8BD57BFCE68EFCFAB2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Males of Indothele mala resemble those of I. amboli sp. nov., by the very long and slender embolus curving gently upward; the metatarsus I ventral apophysis situated medially and consisting of a low retrolateral ridge, and the distal end of the metatarsus with a tiny protuberance situated basally. However, it can be distinguished by the following characters: (1) the embolus slightly broad with short tip (vs much slender and embolic tip longer in I. amboli), and (2) the tibial apophysis short and broad (vs elongate and narrow in I. amboli) (cf. Fig. 11 A – E vs Figs 2, 4 A – C).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFE2FF8BD57BFCE68EFCFAB2.taxon	description	Description Male (Figs 11 A – H, 12 A – E) Measurements: total length including chelicerae: 8.80. Carapace: length 3.83, width 3.08. Caput: slightly raised. Ocular tubercle: raised, length 0.46, width 0.90. Eyes: AME> ALE, ALE> PLE, PLE> PME, anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior row recurved (Fig. 11 B). Clypeus: narrow; clypeal fringe and short. Fovea: deep, transverse. Chelicerae: length 1.22, width 0.85. Abdomen: length 4.45, width 3.40. Maxilla with 20 – 25 cuspules covering approximately 49 % of the proximal edge. Labium: length 0.25, width 0.66, lacking cuspules. Labio-sternal mounds: separate. Sternum: length 2.14, width 1.79. Lengths of legs and palpal segments: see Table 3, legs 4,3,2,1. Tibia I with triangular retrolateral apophysis (Fig. 11 D – H). Femur III: unmodified. Palpal tibia: unmodified. Palpal cymbium: elongate, tarsus-like (Fig. 12 A – C). Metatarsus I: metatarsal protuberance present and situated ventroretrolaterally. PLS with three segments, basal 1.20, median 1.06, digitiform apical 1.32, rigid. PMS with one segment. Palpal bulb with embolus 3 times longer than base of bulb, slight dorsal curve at apex, sperm duct wide (Fig. 12 A – E). Colour: overall brown, carapace darker than legs, opisthosoma dark brown with beige chevrons dorsally (Fig. 11 A). Female (Figs 11 I – K, 12 F) Measurements: total length including chelicerae: 8.36. Carapace: length 2.98, width 2.69. Caput: slightly raised. Ocular tubercle: raised, length 0.39, width 0.78. Eyes: AME> ALE, ALE> PLE, PLE> PME, anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior row recurved (Fig. 11 J). Clypeus: narrow; clypeal fringe: short. Fovea: deep, transverse. Chelicerae: length 0.80, width 0.49. Abdomen: (detached) length 4.14, width 3.15. Maxilla with 30 – 35 cuspules covering approximately 43 % of the proximal edge. Labium: length 0.19, width 0.49, lacking cuspules. Labio-sternal mounds: separate. Sternum: length 1.85, width 1.53. Lengths of legs and spination not scored due to fragility (curatorial decision), legs 4,3,2,1. PLS with three segments, basal 1.07, median 0.73, digitiform apical 1.41, rigid. PMS with one segment. Spermathecae with four receptacles, paired on respective sides, lobes at apexes indistinguishable from receptacle neck, each rounded and unilobar (Fig. 12 F). Colour: as in male (Fig. 11 I). Records from India Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka (Coyle 1995; present work: Fig. 14).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFE2FF8BD57BFCE68EFCFAB2.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known only from India (World Spider Catalog 2024).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFE2FF8BD57BFCE68EFCFAB2.taxon	discussion	Remarks The male is described for the first time in this work. The BMNH material of I. mala was historically misidentified as I. dumicola (Figs 11 – 12).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFFFFF8BD57BFA0F8F63F832.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India (Coyle 1995). Type repository AMNH (Coyle 1995). Records from India Tamil Nadu (Coyle 1995; this work: Fig. 14).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFFFFF8BD57BFA0F8F63F832.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known only from India (World Spider Catalog 2024).	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFFEFF8AD6BDFEAE8DFEFCEC.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality Silent Valley National Park, Palakkad, Kerala, India. Type repository NCBS. Records from India Kerala.	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFFEFF8AD6BDFEAE8DFEFCEC.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known only from India (Fig. 14). Misplaced species	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFFEFF8AD6F5FC6B8E98F832.taxon	description	Fig. 13	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFFEFF8AD6F5FC6B8E98F832.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined Holotype INDIA • ♂; Meghalaya; Shillong (previously located in the state of Assam, as mentioned in original description, now the capital of the state of Meghalaya), Kench’s trace; 3 Aug. 1966; S. Biswas leg.; NZC-ZSI 3833 / 18. Paratype INDIA • 1 ♀, same data as for holotype; NZC-ZSI 3835 / 18. Allotype INDIA • 1 ♂, same data as for holotype; NZC-ZSI 3835 / 18. Rationale for transferral Tikader (1969) described this species based on specimens of both sexes, collected from Shillong, Meghalaya. Detailed examination of the type images of Ischnothele indicola shows that it has diagnostic features of Macrothele Ausserer, 1871, including the male palpal bulb with a long and slender embolus, and the female spermathecae with long receptacles and globular apical lobes, as well as the labium of both sexes bearing several cuspules (Fig. 13 D, H) (see also Shimojana & Haupt 1998; Xu & Yin 2001; Xu et al. 2002). Therefore, based on the above characters, we transfer Ischnothele indicola to the genus Macrothele, creating the new combination Macrothele indicola comb. nov.	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
03D087A3FFFEFF8AD6F5FC6B8E98F832.taxon	discussion	Remarks The specimen is in bad condition and fragile, with broken legs and palp, the abdomen shows noticeable shrinking from probable historic desiccation.	en	Tripathi, Rishikesh, Kadam, Gautam, Sherwood, Danniella, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu (2025): Revision of Indian Ischnothelidae (Arachnida: Araneae) and descriptions of two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy 981 (1): 189-212, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2827/12891
