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

Heterothele villosella Strand, 1907

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002106

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Described:

Distribution: Tanzania

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum Lübeck, Germany; type material destroyed 1942 m - (Nentwig et al., 2020)

Taxonomic References

Heterothele villosella Strand, 1907a: 552 (Dm) Original description

Heterothele villosella Strand, 1907f: 206 (m)

Heterothele villosella Nentwig et al., 2020: 26 (nomen dubium)

Heterothele villosella Gallon & Sherwood, 2026: 637, f. 13A-D (m habitus, removed from nomen dubium)

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

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Gloor, D., Jäger, P. & Kropf, C. (2020). How to deal with destroyed type material? The case of Embrik Strand (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 22-29. doi: 10.30963/aramit5904 -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907a). Vorläufige Diagnosen afrikanischer und südamerikanischer Spinnen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 525-558. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907f). Afrikanische und südamerikanische Aviculariiden, hauptsächlich aus dem naturhistorischen Museum zu Lübeck. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 79: 170-266. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026
2026-03-12	Species updated	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026	Old value
2020-03-10	Taxon is nomen dubium	Nentwig et al., 2020		Heterothele villosella Strand, 1907 declared a nomen dubium
2020-03-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Nentwig et al., 2020