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

Heterothele maxima Gallon & Sherwood, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066766

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Described:

Distribution: Tanzania

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK m (441) - (Gallon & Sherwood, 2026)
Paratype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK 1m (1971-008) - (Gallon & Sherwood, 2026)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1m (1939.4.17.4) - (Gallon & Sherwood, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Heterothele maxima Gallon & Sherwood, 2026: 632, f. 9A-J, 10A-F, 14H-J (Dm) Original description

References

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. -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026
2026-03-12	New species inserted	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026

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