Heterothele ogbunikia Smith, 1990

Common name: Ogbunike cave baboon

♀ Female described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Smith, A. (1990). Baboon Spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing, London [p. 77, f. 365a-365k].

Sherwood, D. & Gallon, R. C. (2025). Heterothele erdosi, a new species of Heterothele Karsch, 1879 from Nigeria (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Natura Somogyiensis 45: 51-56.

Distribution

Nigeria

Etymology

Named after cave in which specimen was found.

Specimen Records (1)

BMNH 25-4-74 ♀ Type Nigeria

Ogbunike cave

April 1975 · col. Dr. M. Eddingtori