Biology:Macrothelidae
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Macrothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders, split off from the family Hexathelidae in 2018. It contains extant genera[1], and the extinct Promacrothele.[2]
Genera
As of January 2026[update], this family includes seven genera and 56 species:[1]
- Bannathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 – China
- Gigathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 – China, Japan, Taiwan
- Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 – Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Algeria, Morocco, Asia, Greece, Portugal, Spain
- Microthele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 – China
- Orientothele Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 – China, India
- Spinathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 – China, Taiwan, Laos
- Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022 – China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Extinct
- Promacrothele Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid Cretaceous.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Family Macrothelidae Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/family/125. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
- ↑ Tang, Ya-Ni; Peng, An-Cheng; Wu, Zi-Ying; Engel, Michael S.; Yang, Zi-Zhong; Liu, Yu (July 2023). "Mygalomorph spiders in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Araneae: Mygalomorphae), northern Myanmar: A new genus and species of the family Macrothelidae" (in en). Cretaceous Research 147. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105514. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667123000423.
Further reading
- Tang, Ya-Ni; Wu, Ya-Ying; Zhao, Yu; Yang, Zi-Zhong (2022-04-13). "Description of a new genus and two new species of the funnel-web mygalomorph (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Macrothelidae) from China with notes on taxonomic amendments". Zootaxa 5125 (5): 513–535. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5125.5.3. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5125.5.3.
External links
- {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Wikidata ☰ Q53536229 entry
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