Dolichothele
Female Dolichothele diamantinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
Mello-Leitão, 1923
Species

10, see text

Synonyms[2]
  • Cenobiopelma Mello-Leitão & Arlé, 1934
  • Goniodontium Mello-Leitão, 1923
  • Oligoxystre Vellard, 1924
  • Pseudoligoxystre Vol, 2001

Dolichothele is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae found in Brazil and Bolivia.[1] It was first described in 1923 by Mello-Leitão.

Diagnosis

It owns a labium, which has less than 10 cuspules, also owning undivided tarsal scopula on legs 1 through 3, leg 4 being undivided with a band of hairs. The tarsal claws of males also lack teeth, and the spermathecae owning multiple lobules.[3]

Species

As of July 2022, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 10 species:[1][2]

  • Dolichothele auratum (Vellard, 1924) – Brazil
  • Dolichothele bolivianum (Vol, 2001) – Bolivia, Brazil
  • Dolichothele camargorum Revollo, Silva & Bertani, 2017 - Bolivia, Brazil
  • Dolichothele diamantinensis (Bertani, Santos & Righi, 2009) – Brazil
  • Dolichothele dominguense (Guadanucci, 2007) – Brazil
  • Dolichothele exilis Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
  • Dolichothele mineirum (Guadanucci, 2011) – Brazil
  • Dolichothele mottai Revollo, Silva & Bertani, 2017 - Brazil
  • Dolichothele rufoniger (Guadanucci, 2007) – Brazil
  • Dolichothele tucuruiense (Guadanucci, 2007) – Brazil

In synonymy

  • Dolichothele caatinga (Guadanucci, 2007) = Dolichothele exilis
  • Dolichothele muticum (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Dolichothele exilis
  • Dolichothele nigrioculatum (Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971) = Dolichothele exilis

Nomen dubium

  • Dolichothele mimeticum (Mello-Leitão & Arlé, 1934) - Brazil

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 "Theraphosidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  3. ↑ Revollo, Irene Soliz; Júnior, Pedro Ismael da Silva; Bertani, Rogério (2017-12-21). "Two new Dolichothele Mello-Leitão, 1923 species from Brazil and Bolivia (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". ZooKeys (724): 1–20. doi:10.3897/zookeys.724.20680. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5769731. PMID 29362529.


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