Dolichothele Explained

Dolichothele is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae found in Brazil and Bolivia. It was first described in 1923 by Mello-Leitão.

Diagnosis

It owns a labium, which has less than 10 cuspules, also owning undivided tarsal scopula on legs 1 through 3, leg 4 being undivided with a band of hairs. The tarsal claws of males also lack teeth, and the spermathecae owning multiple lobules.^[1]

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 10 species:

• Dolichothele auratum (Vellard, 1924) – Brazil
• Dolichothele bolivianum (Vol, 2001) – Bolivia, Brazil
• Dolichothele camargorum Revollo, Silva & Bertani, 2017 - Bolivia, Brazil
• Dolichothele diamantinensis (Bertani, Santos & Righi, 2009) – Brazil
• Dolichothele dominguense (Guadanucci, 2007) – Brazil
• Dolichothele exilis Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
• Dolichothele mineirum (Guadanucci, 2011) – Brazil
• Dolichothele mottai Revollo, Silva & Bertani, 2017 - Brazil
• Dolichothele rufoniger (Guadanucci, 2007) – Brazil
• Dolichothele tucuruiense (Guadanucci, 2007) – Brazil

In synonymy

• Dolichothele caatinga (Guadanucci, 2007) = Dolichothele exilis
• Dolichothele muticum (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Dolichothele exilis
• Dolichothele nigrioculatum (Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971) = Dolichothele exilis

• Dolichothele mimeticum (Mello-Leitão & Arlé, 1934) - Brazil

Notes and References

1. Revollo . Irene Soliz . Júnior . Pedro Ismael da Silva . Bertani . Rogério . 2017-12-21 . Two new Dolichothele Mello-Leitão, 1923 species from Brazil and Bolivia (Araneae, Theraphosidae) . ZooKeys . en . 724 . 1–20 . 10.3897/zookeys.724.20680 . 29362529 . 5769731 . 1313-2970. free .