Heterothele
Heterothele | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Heterothele Karsch, 1879[1] |
Type species | |
Karsch, 1879
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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]
- Laurent, 1946 – Congo, Tanzania
- Simon, 1907 – Congo
- (Simon, 1886) – Argentina
- (Benoit, 1966) – Gabon
- (Simon, 1891) – Congo
- (Lucas, 1858) – Gabon
- Karsch, 1879 (type) – Angola
- Smith, 1990 – Cameroon
- Smith, 1990 – Nigeria
- Pocock, 1897 – Tanzania
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Heterothele Karsch, 1879". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ Karsch, F. (1879). "Zwei neue afrikanische Vogelspinnen". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1879: 63–65.
Categories:
- Mygalomorphae genera
- Spiders of Africa
- Spiders of South America
- Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch
- Theraphosidae
- Theraphosidae stubs