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Heterothele

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

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyTheraphosidae

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Specimen records
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Family
Theraphosidae
Collections
MCZ
Recorded in
Tanzania

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Theraphosidae
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taxon name
Heterothele
taxon rank
genus
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Heterothele is a genus of African tarantulas (family Theraphosidae) that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879.

==Species== , it contained ten species, found in Africa: 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

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