This is a delightful dwarf species from Africa. As with Heterothele villosella, they are said to be a communal species. A gentleman by the name of Cédrik Grenier spent much time observing them in their natural habitat and has a short video clip that shows what the tree area that they inhabit in Africa looks like. The video can be found here: Video
The very interesting article he wrote about the species can be found here: Research Report
Taxonomy and name history:
Mygale gabonensis Lucas, 1858
Diplura longipalpis Karsch, 1879
Heterothele gabonensis Pocock, 1899
Heterothele gabonensis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973
Heterothele gabonensis Smith, 1990
Heterothele gabonensis Schmidt, 1993
Heterothele gabonensis Schmidt, 2003
