Neoheterophrictus
Neoheterophrictus is a genus of tarantula in the family Theraphosidae. It comprises 8 species, all found in India.
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.
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.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog recognized 8 species. All are restricted to India.Neoheterophrictus amboli Mirza & Sanap, 2014 - IndiaNeoheterophrictus bhori - IndiaNeoheterophrictus chimminiensis Sunil Jose, 2020 - IndiaNeoheterophrictus crurofulvus Siliwal, Gupta & Raven, 2012 - IndiaNeoheterophrictus madraspatanus - IndiaNeoheterophrictus sahyadri Siliwal, Gupta & Raven, 2012 - IndiaNeoheterophrictus smithi Mirza, Bhosale & Sanap, 2014 - IndiaNeoheterophrictus uttarakannada Siliwal, Gupta & Raven, 2012 - India