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]