Neoholothele | |
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Neoholothele incei | |
Scientific classification | |
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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Species | |
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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]
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]