Heterothele

Heterothele is a genus of South American and African tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879.[2]

Heterothele
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Heterothele
Karsch, 1879[1]
Type species
H. honesta
Karsch, 1879
Species

10, see text

Species

As of March 2020 it contains ten species, found in Africa and Argentina:[1]

  • Heterothele affinis Laurent, 1946Congo, Tanzania
  • Heterothele atropha Simon, 1907 – Congo
  • Heterothele caudicula (Simon, 1886)Argentina
  • Heterothele darcheni (Benoit, 1966)Gabon
  • Heterothele decemnotata (Simon, 1891) – Congo
  • Heterothele gabonensis (Lucas, 1858) – Gabon
  • Heterothele honesta Karsch, 1879 (type) – Angola
  • Heterothele hullwilliamsi Smith, 1990Cameroon
  • Heterothele ogbunikia Smith, 1990Nigeria
  • Heterothele spinipes Pocock, 1897 – Tanzania

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Heterothele Karsch, 1879". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. Karsch, F. (1879). "Zwei neue afrikanische Vogelspinnen". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1879: 63–65.


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