Holothele
Holothele is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879. Originally placed with the curtain-web spiders, it was transferred to the tarantulas in 1980.
Diagnosis
They can be distinguished by the lack of urticating hairs, tarsus 4 being pseudo segmented. The tarsal claws own a row of teeth, and a labium with around 90 cuspules.Species
it contains six species, found in the West Indies and in the north of South America:- Holothele culebrae – Puerto Rico
- Holothele denticulata – Cuba
- Holothele longipes – Panama, Venezuela, Bolivia, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil
- Holothele maddeni - Dominican Republic
- Holothele shoemakeri – Us [virgin island|US Virgin Islands]
- Holothele sulfurensis Maréchal, 2005 – Guadeloupe
In synonymy
- H. ludwigi = Holothele longipes
- H. ravida = Holothele longipes
- H. recta Karsch, 1879 = Holothele longipes
- H. rondoni = Holothele longipes
- H. sanguiniceps = ''Holothele longipes''