Biology:Vacrothele
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Vacrothele is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Macrothelidae. It was first described by Tang & Yang in 2022.[1]
Distribution
Most species are endemic to China, with some found in Japan and Taiwan.[2]
Species
As of January 2026[update], this genus includes fourteen species:[2]
- Vacrothele amamiensis (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998) – Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
- Vacrothele baiseensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 – China
- Vacrothele digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) – China
- Vacrothele emei (Lin & Li, 2021) – China
- Vacrothele fuyuanensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 – China
- Vacrothele hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) – China
- Vacrothele jiangkouensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 – China
- Vacrothele meitanensis Zhang, Zheng & Yang, 2025 – China
- Vacrothele palpator (Pocock, 1901) – China, Hong Kong
- Vacrothele pseudohunanica Tang, Wu, Zhao & Yang, 2022 – China
- Vacrothele taiwanensis (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998) – Taiwan
- Vacrothele uncata Tang, Wu, Zhao & Yang, 2022 – China
- Vacrothele yaginumai (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998) – Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
- Vacrothele yunnanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) – China
References
- ↑ Tang, Ya-Ni; Wu, Ya-Ying; Zhao, Yu; Yang, Zi-Zhong (13 April 2022). "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. PMID 36101199.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Gen. Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04959. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
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