Heterothele

Heterothele
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Heterothele Karsch, 1879 [1]
Type species
H. honesta Karsch, 1879
Species
See text.

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 ^[update] , 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

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species

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.