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 (Petrunkevitch, 1929) – Puerto Rico Holothele denticulata (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba Holothele longipes (L. Koch, 1875) (type) – Panama, Venezuela, Bolivia, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil Holothele maddeni (Esposito & Agnarsson, 2014) - Dominican Republic Holothele shoemakeri (Petrunkevitch, 1926) – US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas) Holothele sulfurensis Maréchal, 2005 – Guadeloupe
In synonymy H. ludwigi (Strand, 1907) = Holothele longipes (L. Koch, 1875) H. ravida (Simon, 1889) = Holothele longipes (L. Koch, 1875) H. recta Karsch, 1879 = Holothele longipes (L. Koch, 1875) H. rondoni (Lucas & Bücherl, 1972) = Holothele longipes (L. Koch, 1875) H. sanguiniceps (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) = Holothele longipes (L. Koch, 1875)
Transferred to other genera
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