Biology:Heterothele

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Heterothele
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

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, 1990 – Cameroon
  • Heterothele ogbunikia Smith, 1990 – Nigeria
  • Heterothele spinipes Pocock, 1897 – Tanzania

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). Gen. Heterothele Karsch, 1879. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3370. 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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