World Spider Catalog

Macrothelidae Simon, 1892

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: originally Macrotheleae, transferred from Hexathelidae and elavated to family level by Hedin et al., 2018: 4.

In synonymy:

Orientothele Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 = Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 (Drolshagen, 2017: 282, T from Dipluridae)

Gen. Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00017

N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 253 and to the Macrothelidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 4; considered a senior synonym of Orientothele Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017: 33 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04394] (type O. alyratus Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017, transferred from the Dipluridae) by Drolshagen, 2017: 282.

Transferred to other genera:

Macrothele aculeata Urquhart, 1893 -- see Euoplos

Macrothele darcheni Benoit, 1966 -- see Heterothele

Macrothele digitata Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020 -- see Vacrothele

Macrothele hunanica Zhu & Song, 2000 -- see Vacrothele

Macrothele palpator Pocock, 1901 -- see Vacrothele

Macrothele sinensis Zhu & Mao, 1983 -- see Sinopesa

Macrothele yunnanica Zhu & Song, 2000 -- see Vacrothele

In synonymy:

Macrothele fuliginea Simon, 1891 = Macrothele maculata Thorell, 1890 (Kulczyński, 1908d: 538)

Macrothele luctuosa (Lucas, 1855) = Macrothele calpeiana Walckenaer, 1805 (Blasco & Ferrández, 1986: 314, Snazell, 1986b: 82)

Macrothele variabilis Pavesi, 1898 = Macrothele maculata Thorell, 1890 (Kulczyński, 1908d: 538)

Nomina nuda:

Macrothele makii Kishida -- Brignoli, 1983c: 122

Macrothele ornata Kishida, 1959: 367 (Japan/Okinawa) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054942] -- Brignoli, 1983c: 122

Macrothele abrupta Benoit, 1965 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000184

Macrothele abruptus Benoit, 1965a: 127, f. 10-11 (Df) Original description

Macrothele abrupta Brignoli, 1983c: 126

Macrothele alyrata (Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049272

Orientothele alyratus Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017: 34, f. 1, 2A-D, 3A-E, 4A-D, 5A-D (Df) Original description

Macrothele alyrata Drolshagen, 2017: 282 (T from Orientothele, Dipluridae)

Macrothele amamiensis Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 | | Japan (Ryukyu Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000185

Macrothele amamiensis Shimojana & Haupt, 1998: 10, f. 3-4, 12, 18-19, 25 (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele amamiensis Shimojana, 2009: 95, f. 1, 14-19 (mf)

Macrothele arcuata Tang, Zhao & Yang, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052143

Macrothele arcuata Tang, Zhao & Yang, 2020: 131, f. 3A-L, 4A-D (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele auriculata Zhang, Wu, Zhao & Yang, 2024 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060560

Macrothele auriculata Zhang et al., 2024b: 75, f. 6A-C, 7A-F, 8A-D, 9A (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele bannaensis Xu & Yin, 2001 | | China, Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038359

Macrothele bannaensis Xu & Yin, 2001b: 66, f. I.1-6 (Df) Original description

Macrothele bannaensis Yin et al., 2012: 138, f. 15a-f (f)

Macrothele bannaensis Li & Zha, 2013: 779, f. 17-30 (f, Dm)

Macrothele bannaensis Zhang & Wang, 2017: 305, 5 f. (mf)

Macrothele calpeiana (Walckenaer, 1805) | | Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000186

Mygale calpeiana Walckenaer, 1805: 5, pl. 1, f. 1-2 (Df) Original description

Mygale calpeiana Hahn, 1822: 1, pl. 1, f. a-b

Mygale calpeiana Lucas, 1849b: Atlas 3: 2, Arachnides pl. 1, f. 1a-b (m)

Mygale luctuosa Lucas, 1855: 17, pl. 5, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056262]

Diplura calpeiana Thorell, 1870b: 167

Macrothele calpetana Ausserer, 1871a: 181

Macrothele luctuosa Ausserer, 1871a: 182

Macrothele calpetana Simon, 1892a: 184, f. 125 (f)

Macrothele calpetana Blasco & Ferrández, 1986: 314, f. 1-2 (f, Dm, S of Macrothele luctuosa)

Macrothele calpeiana Snazell, 1986b: 82 (S of Macrothele luctuosa)

Macrothele calpeiana Snazell & Allison, 1989: 65, f. 1-4, 8 (mf)

Macrothele calpeiana Le Peru, 2011: 64, f. 22 (mf)

Macrothele camerunensis Simon, 1903 | | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000187

Macrothele camerunensis Simon, 1903e: 66 (Df) Original description

Macrothele cangshanensis Z. B. Yang, Zhao, Zhang & Z. Z. Yang, 2018 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050778

Macrothele cangshanensis Yang et al., 2018: 97, f. 1A-V (Dm) Original description

Macrothele cretica Kulczyński, 1903 | | Greece (Crete) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000188

Macrothele cretica Kulczyński, 1903a: 35, pl. 1, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Macrothele cretica Snazell & Allison, 1989: 70, f. 5-7 (m)

Macrothele cretica Le Peru, 2011: 64, f. 23 (m)

Macrothele cretica Chatzaki & Komnenov, 2019: 271, f. 1A-E, 2A-E (m, Df)

Macrothele decemnotata Simon, 1909 | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000189

Macrothele decemnotata Simon, 1909e: 72 (Dm) Original description

Macrothele drolshageni Özkütük, Elverici, Yağmur & Kunt, 2019 | | Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051159

Macrothele drolshageni Özkütük et al., 2019b: 180, f. 1A-D, 2A-B (Df) Original description

Macrothele emei Lin & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053350

Macrothele emei Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2021b: 3, f. 2A-B, 3A-E, 13A, 14A (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele gigas Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 | | Japan (Ryukyu Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000190

Macrothele gigas Shimojana & Haupt, 1998: 5, f. 9-10, 15, 20 (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele gigas Haupt, 2008: 20, f. 1-2, 4A (f; 4B see Macrothele hungae)

Macrothele gigas Shimojana, 2009: 94, f. 1-7 (mf)

Macrothele guizhouensis Hu & Li, 1986 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000191

Macrothele guizhouensis Hu & Li, 1986: 35, f. 1-7 (Df) Original description

Macrothele guizhouensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 36, f. 17C (f)

Macrothele guizhouensis Haupt, 2008: 20, f. 3D (f)

Macrothele guizhouensis Wu et al., 2022c: 129, f. 1A-F, 2A-I, 3A-E, 4A-F (Dm, f)

Macrothele hanfeii Lin & Li, 2021 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053351

Macrothele hanfeii Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2021b: 6, f. 1C, 4A-B, 5A-B, 6A-E, 13F, 14F (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele holsti Pocock, 1901 | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000192

Macrothele holsti Pocock, 1901e: 214, pl. 21, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Macrothele holsti Yoshida, 1978b: 9, f. 36 (m)

Macrothele holsti Shimojana & Haupt, 1998: 2, f. 1-2, 11, 21-22 (m, Df)

Macrothele hungae Lin & Li, 2021 | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053352

Macrothele gigas Haupt, 2008: 20, f. 4B (f; misidentified per Lin et al., 2021b: 10)

Macrothele hungae Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2021b: 10, f. 7A-B, 8A-E, 13E, 14E, 15B, F (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele incisa Benoit, 1965 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000193

Macrothele incisus Benoit, 1965a: 127, f. 12-13 (Df) Original description

Macrothele incisa Brignoli, 1983c: 126

Macrothele jingzhao Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051825

Macrothele jingzhao Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020: 117, f. 3A-K (Dm) Original description

Macrothele jinlin Z. B. Yang, Zhao, Zhang & Z. Z. Yang, 2018 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050779

Macrothele jinlin Yang et al., 2018: 100, f. 2A-V (Dm) Original description

Macrothele limenghuai Lin & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053353

Macrothele limenghuai Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2021b: 13, f. 1A-B, 9A-B, 10A-E, 13B, 14B, 15A, E (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele maculata (Thorell, 1890) | | Myanmar, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000194

Diplura maculata Thorell, 1890a: 409 (Df) Original description

Macrothele fuliginea Simon, 1891e: 306 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056263]

Macrothele maculata Thorell, 1897a: 184

Macrothele variabilis Pavesi, 1898b: 94 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000202]

Macrothele maculata Kulczyński, 1908d: 538, pl. 23, f. 8 (Dm, S of Macrothele fuliginea and M. variabilis)

Macrothele maculata annamensis Hogg, 1922 | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000195

Macrothele maculata annamensis Hogg, 1922: 285 (Df) Original description

Macrothele menglunensis Li & Zha, 2013 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046543

Macrothele menglunensis Li & Zha, 2013: 776, f. 1-16 (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele mingsheng Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056659

Macrothele yunnanica Zhu & Song, 2000b: 62, fig. 2A-E (f; misidentified per Wu et al., 2022b: 97 and is subadult)

Macrothele mingsheng Wu & Z. Z. Yang in Wu et al., 2022b: 98, f. 2A-N, 3A-K, 4C (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele monocirculata Xu & Yin, 2000 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037427

Macrothele monocirculata Xu & Yin, 2000b: 200, f. 1-11 (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele monocirculata Yin, 2001b: 2, f. 6A-K (mf)

Macrothele monocirculata Yin et al., 2012: 140, f. 6a-k, 3-18a-b (mf)

Macrothele multispine Wang, Li & Yang, 2019 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051484

Macrothele multispine Wang, Li & Yang, 2019: 110, f. A-I (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele nanning Lin & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053354

Macrothele nanning Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2021b: 16, f. 11A-B, 12A-E, 13C, 14C (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele nullispine Zhang, Wu, Zhao & Yang, 2024 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060559

Macrothele nullispine Zhang et al., 2024b: 71, f. 2A-B, 3A-F, 4A-D, 5A (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele proserpina Simon, 1909 | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000197

Macrothele proserpina Simon, 1909e: 71 (Df) Original description

Macrothele raveni Zhu, Li & Song, 2000 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038360

Macrothele raveni Zhu, Li & Song, 2000: 358, f. 1A-M, 2 (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele raveni Haupt, 2008: 20, f. 3C (f)

Macrothele sanheensis Tang, Zhao & Yang, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052144

Macrothele sanheensis Tang, Zhao & Yang, 2020: 134, f. 5A-J, 6A-D (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele segmentata Simon, 1892 | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000198

Macrothele segmentata Simon, 1892d: 284 (Df) Original description

Macrothele simplicata (Saito, 1933) | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000199

Ischnothele simplicata Saitō, 1933b: 34, pl. 3, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Macrothele simplicata Saito, 1959: 32, f. 3a-e (Tf from Ischnothele)

Macrothele simplicata Yoshida, 1978b: 9, f. 33-35 (f)

Macrothele taiwanensis Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000200

Macrothele taiwanensis Shimojana & Haupt, 1998: 7, f. 5-6, 13, 16, 23 (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele triangularis Benoit, 1965 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000201

Macrothele triangularis Benoit, 1965a: 125, f. 9 (Df) Original description

Macrothele undata Tang, Zhao & Yang, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052142

Macrothele undata Tang, Zhao & Yang, 2020: 128, f. 1A-J, 2A-D (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele vidua Simon, 1906 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000203

Macrothele vidua Simon, 1906c: 306 (Df) Original description

Macrothele vidua Gravely, 1915: 286, pl. 15, f. 5 (Dm)

Macrothele washanensis Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056260

Macrothele washanensis Wu & Z. Z. Yang in Wu et al., 2022a: 2, f. 1A-K, 2A-D, 3A-H, 4A-D, 5A-H, 6A-B, 7A-C (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele wuliangensis Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056261

Macrothele wuliangensis Wu & Z. Z. Yang in Wu et al., 2022a: 14, f. 8A-K, 9A-D, 10A-H, 11A-D, 12A-H, 13A-F, 14D (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele yaginumai Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 | | Japan (Ryukyu Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000204

Macrothele yaginumai Shimojana & Haupt, 1998: 11, f. 7-8, 14, 17, 24 (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele yaginumai Shimojana, 2009: 94, f. 1, 8-13 (mf)

Macrothele yani Xu, Yin & Griswold, 2002 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038361

Macrothele yani Xu, Yin & Griswold, 2002: 116, f. 1-7 (Df) Original description

Macrothele yani Shi et al., 2018: 104, f. 1A-B, 2A-V, 3A-L (Dm, f)

Macrothele yongshengensis Z. B. Yang, Zhao & Z. Z. Yang, 2019 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052771

Macrothele yongshengensis Yang, Zhao & Yang, 2019: 45, f. 1A-D, 2A-H (Df) Original description

Macrothele yunlingensis Z. B. Yang, Zhao & Z. Z. Yang, 2019 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052772

Macrothele yunlingensis Yang, Zhao & Yang, 2019: 46, f. 3A-D, 4A-H (Df) Original description

Gen. Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04959

Vacrothele digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051824

Macrothele digitata Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020: 115, f. 1A-K, 2A-C (Dmf) Original description

Vacrothele digitata Tang et al., 2022: 516, f. 13A-L, 14A-E, 16C, 17E, 18E (mf, T from Macrothele)

Vacrothele hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036938

Macrothele hunanica Zhu & Song, 2000b: 60, f. 1A-I (Dmf) Original description

Vacrothele hunanica Tang et al., 2022: 516, f. 2D, 3A-L, 4A-E, 16A, 17A, 18A (mf, T from Macrothele)

Vacrothele palpator (Pocock, 1901) | | China, Hong Kong urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000196

Macrothele palpator Pocock, 1901e: 213, pl. 21, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description

Macrothele palpator Hu & Li, 1986: 37, f. 8-11 (mf)

Macrothele papator Feng, 1990: 27, f. 2.1-5 (mf)

Macrothele palpator Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 39, f. 17D-F (mf)

Macrothele palpator Yin et al., 2012: 142, f. 17a-f (mf)

Vacrothele palpator Tang et al., 2022: 518, f. 11A-L, 12A-E, 16B, 17D, 18D (mf, T from Macrothele)

Vacrothele pseudohunanica Tang, Wu, Zhao & Yang, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053938

Vacrothele pseudohunanica Tang et al., 2022: 520, f. 5B, 6A-L, 7A-E, 15A, 17B, 18B (Dmf) Original description

Vacrothele uncata Tang, Wu, Zhao & Yang, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053939

Vacrothele uncata Tang et al., 2022: 523, f. 8B, 9A-L, 10A-E, 15B, 17C, 18C (Dmf) Original description

Vacrothele yunnanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036939

Macrothele yunnanica Zhu & Song, 2000b: 62, f. 2F-J (Dm; f f. 2A-E is subadult and belongs to Macrothele mingsheng per Wu et al., 2022b: 97) Original description

Vacrothele yunnanica Wu et al., 2022b: 97, f. 1A-K (m, T from Macrothele)