Neoheterophrictus

Neoheterophrictus is a genus of tarantula in the family Theraphosidae. It comprises seven species, all found in India.[2]

Neoheterophrictus
Female Neoheterophrictus smithi
Scientific classification
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]
Species

See text.

Characteristics

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]

Etymology

The name is a combination of two words neo and heterophrictus, neo in Latin meaning "new" and Heterophrictus being a genus name within the family Theraphosidae.[3][2]

Species

As of December 2015, the World Spider Catalog recognized seven species. All are restricted to India.[1]

References
  1. "Gen. Neoheterophrictus Siliwal & Raven, 2012", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2015-12-10
  2. "Neoheterophrictus". Tarantupedia.
  3. Siliwal, M., N. Gupta & R. Raven (2012). "A new genus of the family Theraphosidae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) with description of three new species from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 4 (14): 3233–3254. doi:10.11609/jott.o3065.3233-54.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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