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Heterothele

Heterothele is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879.

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Heterothele
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Heterothele
Karsch, 18791
Type species
H. honesta
Karsch, 1879
Species

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Heterothele is a genus of African tarantulas (family Theraphosidae) that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879.2

Species

As of June 2025, it contained ten species, found in Africa:1

  • Heterothele affinis Laurent, 1946 – Congo, Tanzania
  • Heterothele atropha Simon, 1907 – Congo
  • Heterothele darcheni (Benoit, 1966) – Gabon
  • Heterothele decemnotata (Simon, 1891) – Congo
  • Heterothele erdosi Sherwood & Gallon, 2025 – Nigeria
  • 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
References

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian. "Gen. Heterothele Karsch, 1879". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  2. Karsch, F. (1879). "Zwei neue afrikanische Vogelspinnen". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1879: 63–65.