Gallon, R. C. & Sherwood, D. (2026). Taxonomic notes on the tarantula genus Heterothele Karsch, 1879 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with a new synonymy, resurrection of H. longipalpis Karsch, 1879, two nomina dubia, and description of a new species from Tanzania. Arachnology 20(4): 623-639.
| Taxon | |
|---|---|
| Heterothele atropha Simon, 1907 (Theraphosidae) | 624, (type not found, not identifiable, nomen dubium), Heterothele atropha |
| Heterothele darcheni (Benoit, 1966) (Theraphosidae) | 624, f. 1A-G, 14L, (f), Heterothele darcheni |
| Heterothele decemnotata (Simon, 1891) (Theraphosidae) | 625, (type lost, not identifiable, nomen dubium), Heterothele decemnotata |
| Heterothele honesta Karsch, 1879 (Theraphosidae) | 626, f. 2A-N, 3A-B, 4A-D, 5A-B, 14A-D, M-N, (mf, S of Heterothele affinis), Heterothele honesta |
| Heterothele hullwilliamsi Smith, 1990 (Theraphosidae) | 629, f. 6A-J, 7A-F, 14E-G, O, (m, Df), Heterothele hullwilliamsi |
| Heterothele longipalpis (Karsch, 1879) (Theraphosidae) | 631, f. 8A-F, 14P, (f, removed from S of Heterothele gabonensis, rejecting Pocock, 1900g: 846), Heterothele longipalpis |
| Heterothele maxima Gallon & Sherwood, 2026 (Theraphosidae) | 632, f. 9A-J, 10A-F, 14H-J, (Dm), Heterothele maxima Original description |
| Heterothele ogbunikia Smith, 1990 (Theraphosidae) | 634, f. 11A-D, (species inquirenda), Heterothele ogbunikia |
| Heterothele spinipes Pocock, 1897 (Theraphosidae) | 635, f. 12A-H, 14K, (m), Heterothele spinipes |
| Heterothele villosella Strand, 1907 (Theraphosidae) | 637, f. 13A-D, (m habitus, removed from nomen dubium), Heterothele villosella |