Idiothele
Appearance
Idiothele | |
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Mature female Idiothele mira - Quentin Salinas | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Idiothele Hewitt, 1919[1] |
Type species | |
I. nigrofulva (Pocock, 1898)
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Species | |
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Idiothele is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by J. Hewitt in 1919.[2] As of March 2020[update] it contains two species, both found in southern Africa: I. mira and I. nigrofulva.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Idiothele Hewitt, 1919". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ Hewitt, J. (1919). "Descriptions of new South African Araneae and Solifugae". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6: 63–111.