Schismatothele Explained

Schismatothele is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879.^[1]

Species

it contains sixteen species, found in South America:^[2]

• Schismatothele benedettii Panzera, Perdomo & Pérez-Miles, 2011 - Brazil
• Schismatothele caeri Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 - Trinidad and Tobago
• Schismatothele caiquetia Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 - Venezuela
• Schismatothele hacaritama Perafán, Valencia-Cuéllar & Guadanucci, 2019 - Colombia
• Schismatothele inflata (Simon, 1889) (type) - Venezuela
• Schismatothele kastoni (Caporiacco, 1955) - Venezuela
• Schismatothele lineata Karsch, 1879 - Venezuela
• Schismatothele merida Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 - Venezuela
• Schismatothele modesta (Simon, 1889) - Colombia
• Schismatothele moonenorum Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 - French Guiana
• Schismatothele olsoni Guadanucci, Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar, 2019 - Colombia, Venezuela
• Schismatothele opifex (Simon, 1889) - Venezuela
• Schismatothele quimbaya Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 - Colombia
• Schismatothele timotocuica Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 - Venezuela
• Schismatothele wayana Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 - Brazil
• Schismatothele weinmanni Guadanucci, Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar, 2019 - Colombia

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species

Notes and References

1. Karsch. F.. 1879. Arachnologische Beiträge. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 534–562. 52. Ferdinand_Karsch.
2. Gen. Schismatothele Karsch, 1879. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-06-08. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.