Dolichothele | |
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Female Dolichothele diamantinensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: |
Dolichothele Mello-Leitão, 1923 |
Type species | |
Dolichothele exilis |
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Species | |
8, see text. |
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Synonyms | |
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8, see text.
Dolichothele is a genus of spiders in the Theraphosidae family found in Brazil and Bolivia. It was first described in 1923 by Mello-Leitão. As of 2017[update], it contains 8 species.
As of March 2017[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: