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Dolichothele

Dolichothele is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae found in Brazil and Bolivia. It was first described in 1923 by Mello-Leitão.

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Dolichothele
Female Dolichothele diamantinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Dolichothele
Mello-Leitão, 192312
Type species
Dolichothele exilis
Mello-Leitão, 1923
Species

10, see text

Synonyms2
  • Cenobiopelma Mello-Leitão & Arlé, 1934
  • Goniodontium Mello-Leitão, 1923
  • Oligoxystre Vellard, 1924
  • Pseudoligoxystre Vol, 2001

Dolichothele is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae found in Brazil and Bolivia.1 It was first described in 1923 by Mello-Leitão.

Diagnosis

It owns a labium, which has less than 10 cuspules, also owning undivided tarsal scopula on legs 1 through 3, leg 4 being undivided with a band of hairs. The tarsal claws of males also lack teeth, and the spermathecae owning multiple lobules.3

Species

As of July 2022, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 10 species:12

  • Dolichothele auratum (Vellard, 1924) – Brazil
  • Dolichothele bolivianum (Vol, 2001) – Bolivia, Brazil
  • Dolichothele camargorum Revollo, Silva & Bertani, 2017 - Bolivia, Brazil
  • Dolichothele diamantinensis (Bertani, Santos & Righi, 2009) – Brazil
  • Dolichothele dominguense (Guadanucci, 2007) – Brazil
  • Dolichothele exilis Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
  • Dolichothele mineirum (Guadanucci, 2011) – Brazil
  • Dolichothele mottai Revollo, Silva & Bertani, 2017 - Brazil
  • Dolichothele rufoniger (Guadanucci, 2007) – Brazil
  • Dolichothele tucuruiense (Guadanucci, 2007) – Brazil

In synonymy

  • Dolichothele caatinga (Guadanucci, 2007) = Dolichothele exilis
  • Dolichothele muticum (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Dolichothele exilis
  • Dolichothele nigrioculatum (Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971) = Dolichothele exilis

Nomen dubium

  • Dolichothele mimeticum (Mello-Leitão & Arlé, 1934) - Brazil
References

References

  1. "Gen. Dolichothele Mello-Leitão, 1923", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-18
  2. "Theraphosidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  3. Revollo, Irene Soliz; Júnior, Pedro Ismael da Silva; Bertani, Rogério (2017-12-21). "Two new Dolichothele Mello-Leitão, 1923 species from Brazil and Bolivia (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". ZooKeys (724): 1–20. Bibcode:2017ZooK..724....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.724.20680. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5769731. PMID 29362529.