Schismatothele is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879.[3]

Schismatothele
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Schismatothele
Karsch, 1879[1]
Type species
S. lineata
Karsch, 1879
Species

16, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of April 2023 it contains sixteen species, found in South America:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Schismatothele Karsch, 1879". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. ^ Guadanucci, J. P. L.; Weinmann, D. (2014). "The spider genera Euthycaelus Simon and Schismatothele Karsch (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae)". Zootaxa. 3795 (3): 282. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.3. PMID 24870477.
  3. ^ Karsch, F. (1879). "Arachnologische Beiträge". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 52: 534–562.