Heteroscodra

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Heteroscodra

| image = Togo_Starburst_Tarantula.jpg

| image_caption = Heteroscodra maculata

| authority = Pocock, 1900

| type_species = H. maculata

| type_species_authority = Pocock, 1900

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• H. crassipes Hirst, 1907 – Cameroon, Gabon, Congo
• H. maculata Pocock, 1900 – West, Central Africa

}}

Heteroscodra is a genus of Central African tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1900.{{cite journal| last=Pocock| first=R. I.| year=1900| title=On the scorpions, pedipalps and spiders from tropical West-Africa, represented in the collection of the British Museum| journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London| pages=833–885| volume=67| author-link=Reginald Innes Pocock}} Like many Old World tarantulas, they have a strong venom, and can inflict a painful bite.{{cite journal| last=Hirst| first=A. S.| author-link=A. S. Hirst| year=1907| title=Descriptions of new species of African spiders and Solifugae| journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History| series=Series 7| volume=20| issue=115| pages=33–39| url=http://biostor.org/reference/72534| doi=10.1080/00222930709487293| url-access=subscription}} {{as of|2020|03}} it contains two species, found in Africa: H. crassipes and H. maculata.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Heteroscodra Pocock, 1900| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-04-17| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3369| doi=10.24436/2}}