Neoholothele
| Neoholothele | |
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| Neoholothele incei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Neoholothele Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2015 |
| Type species | |
| Neoholothele incei (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899)
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Neoholothele is a genus of tarantula, first described in 2015 by Guadanucci & Weinmann. As of August 2022[update], it contains 2 species Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra and Neoholothele incei, the latter being the type species.[1] They are named after the prefix "neo" from the greek word for new, and the genus Holothele.[2]
Diagnosis
They can be distinguished by the coloration of the carapace, which is dark with a golden cephalic region. Females with a striped pattern on the abdomen, with a long and slender spermathecae receptors. Males with a retrolateral branch in the male tibial spurs with an apical end.[2]
References
- ^ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ^ a b Leite Guadanucci, José Paulo; Weinmann, Dirk (2015). "Description of Neoholothele gen. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Schismatothelinae), Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment" (PDF). Repositorio UNESP. doi:10.1080/01650521.2015.1110309. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
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