Heterothele decemnotata (Simon, 1891)

nomen dubium ♀ Female described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Simon, E. (1891). Etudes arachnologiques. 23e Mémoire. XXXVIII. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Aviculariidae. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 60: 300-312.

Distribution

Congo

Specimen Records (1)

? ♀ Type Congo

Stanley Pool, Kinshassa

col. Mr. Ant. Greshoff

Taxonomic History

1891
Solenothele decemnotata Simon, 1891
Described as Solenothele decemnotata Simon, 1891. Gallon & Sherwood (2026) searched the MNHN repeatedly over more than a decade without finding the holotype and conclude it is lost. The description is too poor either to recognise the species or to synonymise it with confidence. Nomen dubium.

Bibliography (2)

Simon, E. (1891). Etudes arachnologiques. 23e Mémoire. XXXVIII. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Aviculariidae. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 60: 300-312.

Gallon, R. C. & Sherwood, D. (2026). Taxonomic notes on the tarantula genus Heterothele Karsch, 1879 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with a new synonymy, resurrection of H. longipalpis Karsch, 1879, two nomina dubia, and description of a new species from Tanzania. Arachnology 20 (4): 623-639.