Heterothele gabonensis (Lucas, 1858)

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Lucas, P. H. (1858). Aptères. In Thomson, J. (ed.), Voyage au Gabon. Arch. ent. Thomson 2: 373-445.

Distribution

Gabon

Specimen Records (2)

MNH Paris 15443 ♂ Type Gabon

MNH Paris 15443 ♀ Gabon

Taxonomic History

1858
Mygale gabonensis Lucas, 1858
Heterothele longipalpis (Karsch, 1879), which Pocock (1900) had misidentified as this species and which had since sat in its synonymy, was removed and revalidated by Gallon & Sherwood (2026).

Bibliography (2)

Lucas, P. H. (1858). Aptères. In Thomson, J. (ed.), Voyage au Gabon. Arch. ent. Thomson 2: 373-445.

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.