Heterothele
# Heterothele

Heterothele is a genus of South American and African tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879.

## Species

As of March 2020 it contains ten species, found in Africa and Argentina:

* Heterothele affinis Laurent, 1946 – Congo, Tanzania
* Heterothele atropha Simon, 1907 – Congo
* Heterothele caudicula (Simon, 1886) – Argentina
* Heterothele darcheni (Benoit, 1966) – Gabon
* Heterothele decemnotata (Simon, 1891) – Congo
* Heterothele gabonensis (Lucas, 1858) – Gabon
* Heterothele honesta Karsch, 1879 (type) – Angola
* Heterothele hullwilliamsi Smith, 1990 – Cameroon
* Heterothele ogbunikia Smith, 1990 – Nigeria
* Heterothele spinipes Pocock, 1897 – Tanzania
