Neoheterophrictus smithi

Neoheterophrictus smithi
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Neoheterophrictus
Species:	N. smithi
Binomial name
	Neoheterophrictus smithi; Mirza, Bhosale & Sanap, 2014[1]

Neoheterophrictus smithi is a species of tarantulas, native to India.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The specific name smithi is in honour of Andrew M. Smith, who helped the authors with their project.^[2]

Characteristics

Neoheterophrictus smithi mainly differs from other species of Neoheterophrictus by the presence of a long, thin spine on the base of the primary tibial apophysis. The primary tibial apophysis also ends in a spine. It has no sub-apical swelling as in N. amboli.

References

1 2 "Neoheterophrictus smithi Mirza, Sanap, & Bhosale". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
1 2 Mirza, Zeesha; Sanap, Rajesh & Bhosale, Harshal. "Preliminary Review of Indian Eumenophorinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with Description of a New Genus and Five New Species from the Western Ghats". PLoS One. 9 (2): e87928. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087928.

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[WSC_s53354-1] 1 2 "Neoheterophrictus smithi Mirza, Sanap, & Bhosale". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved February 18, 2016.

[mirzasanapbhosale2014-2] 1 2 Mirza, Zeesha; Sanap, Rajesh & Bhosale, Harshal. "Preliminary Review of Indian Eumenophorinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with Description of a New Genus and Five New Species from the Western Ghats". PLoS One. 9 (2): e87928. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087928.