Allothele Explained

Allothele is a genus of African spiders in the family Euagridae. It was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1920.^[1]

Species

it contains five species:^[2]

• Allothele australis (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
• Allothele caffer (Pocock, 1902) (type) – South Africa
• Allothele malawi Coyle, 1984 – Malawi, South Africa
• Allothele regnardi (Benoit, 1964) – Congo, Angola
• Allothele teretis Tucker, 1920 – South Africa

Notes and References

1. Tucker. R. W. E.. 1920. Contributions to the South African Arachnid Fauna. II. On some new South African spiders of the families Barychelidae, Dipluridae, Eresidae, Zodariidae, Heracliidae, Urocteidae, Clubionidae.. Annals of the South African Museum. 439–488. 17.
2. Gen. Allothele Tucker, 1920. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-01. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.