Heterothele

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, 1946 – Congo, 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

• List of Theraphosidae species

References