''Ischnocolus jickelii'' is a small, old-world tarantula. It is found in Aden, Djibouti, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates and Somalia. It was first described by Ludwig Koch in 1875. In 1890, French arachnologist

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

described ''Chaetopelma adenense''. In 2008, José Guadanucci and Richard C. Gallon decided that these were the same species, making Simon's ''Chaetopelma adenense'' a

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Theraphosidae Spiders of Africa Spiders described in 1875 {{Theraphosidae-stub