Neoheterophrictus
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| Neoheterophrictus | |
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| Female Neoheterophrictus smithi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Neoheterophrictus Siliwal & Raven, 2012[1] |
| Type species | |
| Neoheterophrictus crurofulvus Siliwal, Gupta & Raven, 2012[1] | |
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Neoheterophrictus is a genus of tarantula in the family Theraphosidae. It comprises 8 species, all found in India.[2]
Neoheterophrictus is similar to Heterophrictus and Plesiophrictus, however the females differ by having a different spermathecae structure, which have two receptacles with many lobes/termini at the end. Males are distinguished from Plesiophrictus by the absence of a tegular keel on the male palpal bulb. It occurs in the Western Ghats, India.[3]
