| Neoholothele | |
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| Neoholothele incei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Neoholothele Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2015 |
| Type species | |
| Neoholothele incei (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899)
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Neoholothele is a genus of tarantula, first described in 2015 by Guadanucci & Weinmann. As of August 2022, it contains 2 species Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra and Neoholothele incei, the latter being the type species.1 They are named after the prefix "neo" from the Greek word for new, and the genus Holothele.2
Diagnosis
They can be distinguished by the coloration of the carapace, which is dark with a golden cephalic region. Females with a striped pattern on the abdomen, with a long and slender spermathecae receptors. Males with a retrolateral branch in the male tibial spurs with an apical end.2
References
References
- "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- Leite Guadanucci, José Paulo; Weinmann, Dirk (2015). "Description of Neoholothele gen. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Schismatothelinae), Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment" (PDF). Repositorio UNESP. doi:10.1080/01650521.2015.1110309. hdl:11449/161205. Retrieved August 9, 2022.