Biology:Bannathele
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Bannathele is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Macrothelidae containing the single species, Bannathele menglunensis.[1] It was previously in genus Macrothele.[2]
Distribution
Bannathele menglunensis has been recorded from Menglun Town (勐仑镇; Měng lún zhèn), Mengla County, Xishuangbanna (西双版纳; Xīshuāngbǎnnà) rain forest in Yunnan, China.[1][3]
Description
Both genders have a body length of about 15 mm.[2]
Etymology
The genus name is a combination of "Banna" (from the type location) and "-thele" (from Macrothele).[3] The species is named after the town where it was first found.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Bannathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus-detail/6434/genus. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Li, S. Q.; Zha, Z. W. (2013). "Macrothele spiders from Xishuangbanna rainforest of Yunnan, China (Araneae, Hexathelidae)". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 38: 776-783.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shao, L. L.; Zhou, Z. C.; Lin, Y. J. (2025). "Taxonomic revision of Macrothelidae Simon, 1892 and description of four new genera (Araneae, Macrothelidae)". The Indochina Entomologist 1: 337-350. doi:10.70590/ice.2025.01.36.
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