''Neoheterophrictus uttarakannada'' is a species of spiders in the genus ''

Neoheterophrictus ''Neoheterophrictus'' is a genus of tarantula in the family Theraphosidae. It comprises 8 species, all found in India. Characteristics ''Neoheterophrictus'' is similar to '' Heterophrictus'' and ''Plesiophrictus'', however the females differ ...

'' from India. It was first described in 2012 by Manju Siliwal, Neha Gupta, &

Robert John Raven Robert John Raven is an Australian arachnologist, being the Head of Terrestrial Biodiversity and the Senior Curator (Arachnida) at the Queensland Museum. Dr Raven has described over 450 species of spider in Australia and elsewhere, and is spider ...

. Its name comes from the place where it was discovered,

Uttara Kannada Uttara Kannada is a fifth largest district in the Indian state of Karnataka, It is bordered by the state of Goa and Belagavi districts to the north, Dharwad District and Haveri District to the east, Shivamogga District, and Udupi District to ...

Characteristics

The species is only known from the female. It is identified by two short

spermatheca The spermatheca (pronounced : spermathecae ), also called ''receptaculum seminis'' (: ''receptacula seminis''), is an organ of the female reproductive tract in insects, e.g. ants, bees, some molluscs, Oligochaeta worms and certain other in ...

e receptacles (which show some constriction at the ends), with multiple (6-7) large contiguous lobes at the end. Its legs have short yellow-orange tarsal hairs, and the full body colour is grey-brown. It makes temporary holes under stones.

References

Theraphosidae Spiders described in 2012 Spiders of the Indian subcontinent {{Theraphosidae-stub