Idiothele

Idiothele
Mature female Idiothele mira - Quentin Salinas
Idiothele nigrofulva
Scientific classification Edit this 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)
Species

Idiothele is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by J. Hewitt in 1919.[2] As of March 2020 it contains two species, both found in southern Africa: I. mira and I. nigrofulva.[1] While originally described as their own genus, Idiothele was synonymized with Pterinochilus in 1985, due to similar morphological characteristics. This was later corrected by Richard C. Gallon in 2002, citing differences in both morphology and behavior. The tarantulas in the genus Idiothele is the only genus of African tarantulas who make trap doors at the entrance of their burrow. [3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Hewitt, J. (1919). "Descriptions of new South African Araneae and Solifugae". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6: 63–111.
  3. ^ "Idiothele HEWITT 1919". www.baboonspiders.de. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  4. ^ "Revision of the African genera Pterinochilus and Eucratoscelus (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Harpactirinae) with description of two new genera | British Arachnological Society". britishspiders.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-12.


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