Vacrothele

Vacrothele is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Macrothelidae. It was first described by Tang & Yang in 2022.[2]

Vacrothele
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Macrothelidae
Genus: Vacrothele
Tang & Yang, 2022[1]
Type species
V. hunanica
(Zhu & Song, 2000)
Species

6, see text

Species

As of May 2024, it contains 6 species, all found in China:[1]

  • Vacrothele digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) – China
  • Vacrothele hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) (type) – China
  • Vacrothele palpator (Pocock, 1901) – China, Hong Kong
  • Vacrothele pseudohunanica Tang, Wu, Zhao & Yang, 2022 – China
  • Vacrothele uncata Tang, Wu, Zhao & Yang, 2022 – China
  • Vacrothele yunnanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) – China

References

  1. "Gen. Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. 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.
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