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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Neoheterophrictus |
| Species: | N. smithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoheterophrictus smithi Mirza, Bhosale & Sanap, 2014 [1] | |
Neoheterophrictus smithi is a species of tarantulas, native to India. [1] [2]
The specific name smithi is in honour of Andrew M. Smith, who helped the authors with their project. [2]
Neoheterophrictus smithi mainly differs from other species of Neoheterophrictus by the presence of a long, thin spine on the base of the primary tibial apophysis. The primary tibial apophysis also ends in a spine. It has no sub-apical swelling as in N. amboli .
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