Neoholothele
Genus of spiders
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Neoholothele is a genus of tarantula, first described in 2015 by Guadanucci & Weinmann. As of August 2022[update], it contains 2 species Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra and Neoholothele incei, the latter being the type species.[1] They are named after the prefix "neo" from the Greek word for new, and the genus Holothele.[2]
| Neoholothele | |
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| Neoholothele incei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Neoholothele Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2015 |
| Type species | |
| Neoholothele incei (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) | |
| Species | |
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Diagnosis
They can be distinguished by the coloration of the carapace, which is dark with a golden cephalic region. Females with a striped pattern on the abdomen, with a long and slender spermathecae receptors. Males with a retrolateral branch in the male tibial spurs with an apical end.[2]
