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Genus of spiders
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
[update] it contains ten species, found in Africa and
Argentina:
[1]
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Heterothele affinis Laurent, 1946 –
Congo,
Tanzania
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Heterothele atropha
Simon, 1907 – Congo
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Heterothele caudicula (Simon, 1886) –
Argentina
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Heterothele darcheni (Benoit, 1966) –
Gabon
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Heterothele decemnotata (Simon, 1891) – Congo
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Heterothele gabonensis (Lucas, 1858) – Gabon
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Heterothele honesta Karsch, 1879 (
type) –
Angola
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Heterothele hullwilliamsi Smith, 1990 –
Cameroon
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Heterothele ogbunikia Smith, 1990 –
Nigeria
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Heterothele spinipes
Pocock, 1897 – Tanzania
See also
References
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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.
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Karsch, F. (1879). "Zwei neue afrikanische Vogelspinnen". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1879: 63–65.