World Spider Catalog

Genus: Heterothele Karsch, 1879 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Heterothele erdosi Sherwood & Gallon, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065240

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Described:

Distribution: Nigeria

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m - (Sherwood & Gallon, 2025)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1m - (Sherwood & Gallon, 2025)
Paratype: Richard Gallon Private Collection, Llandudno, Wales, UK 4m - (Sherwood & Gallon, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Heterothele erdosi Sherwood & Gallon, 2025: 52, f. 1A-H (Dm) Original description

References

Sherwood, D. & Gallon, R. C. (2025). Heterothele erdosi, a new species of Heterothele Karsch, 1879 from Nigeria (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Natura Somogyiensis 45: 51-56. doi: 10.24394/NatSom.2025.45.51 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-05-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood & Gallon, 2025
2025-05-19	New species inserted	Sherwood & Gallon, 2025

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