| Hemirrhagus billsteelei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Hemirrhagus |
| Species: | H. billsteelei
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemirrhagus billsteelei Mendoza & Francke 2018
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Hemirrhagus billsteelei is a tarantula in the Hemirrhagus genus of Mexican cave tarantulas. This tarantula is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. This tarantula was first described by Mendoza and Francke in 2018, and is named in honour of Bill Steele, because of his contributions of knowledge in Mexican caves.[1][2]
- ^ Mendoza, J. I.; Francke, O. F. (2018). "Five new cave-dwelling species of Hemirrhagus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae), with notes on the generic distribution and novel morphological features". Zootaxa. 4407 (4): 451–482. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4407.4.1. PMID 29690167.
- ^ "Hemirrhagus billsteelei Mendoza & Francke, 2018". Tarantulapedia.