Dolichothele

Dolichothele
Female Dolichothele diamantinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Dolichothele
Mello-Leitão, 1923[1][2]
Type species
Dolichothele exilis
Species

8, see text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Goniodontium Mello-Leitão, 1923
  • Oligoxystre Vellard, 1924
  • Pseudoligoxystre Vol, 2001

Dolichothele is a genus of spiders in the Theraphosidae family found in Brazil and Bolivia.[1] It was first described in 1923 by Mello-Leitão. As of 2017, it contains 8 species.[2]

Species

As of March 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Dolichothele Mello-Leitão, 1923", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-18
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Theraphosidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.


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