Macrothelidae Simon, 1892

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: originally as Macrotheleae, transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae (Macrothelinae) by Raven, 1980a: 253; elavated to family rank by Hedin et al., 2018: 4 and confirmed by Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: f. 5; the re-including as Macrothelinae into the Hexathelidae by Raven & Douglas, 2025: 13 is not accepted here (see note at Hexathelidae).
Gen. Bannathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06253
type Macrothele menglunensis Li & Zha, 2013; gender feminine
Bannathele menglunensis (Li & Zha, 2013) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046543
Macrothele menglunensis Li & Zha, 2013: 776, f. 1-16 (Dmf) Original description
Bannathele menglunensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 341 (T from Macrothele)
Gen. Gigathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06254
type Macrothele gigas Shimojana & Haupt, 1998; gender feminine
Gigathele 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)
Gigathele gigas Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele)
Gigathele 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)
Gigathele guizhouensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele)
Gigathele 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
Gigathele hungae Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele)
Gigathele 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
Gigathele limenghuai Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele)
Gigathele 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)
Gigathele monocirculata Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele)
Gigathele 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)
Gigathele raveni Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele)
Gen. Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00017
type Mygale calpeiana Walckenaer, 1805; gender feminine
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 by Drolshagen, 2017: 282; Orientothele is revalidated by Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342.

Transferred to other genera:

Macrothele aculeata Urquhart, 1893 -- see Euoplos

Macrothele alyrata (Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017) -- see Orientothele

Macrothele amamiensis Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 -- see Vacrothele

Macrothele bannaensis Xu & Yin, 2001 -- see Spinathele

Macrothele darcheni Benoit, 1966 -- see Heterothele

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

Macrothele emei Lin & Li, 2021 -- see Vacrothele

Macrothele gigas Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 -- see Gigathele

Macrothele guizhouensis Hu & Li, 1986 -- see Gigathele

Macrothele hanfeii Lin & Li, 2021 -- see Spinathele

Macrothele holsti Pocock, 1901 -- see Spinathele

Macrothele hunanica Zhu & Song, 2000 -- see Vacrothele

Macrothele hungae Lin & Li, 2021 -- see Gigathele

Macrothele insignipes Simon, 1891 -- see Porrhothele

Macrothele jingzhao Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020 -- see Orientothele

Macrothele jinlin Z. B. Yang, Zhao, Zhang & Z. Z. Yang, 2018 -- see Orientothele

Macrothele limenghuai Lin & Li, 2021 -- see Gigathele

Macrothele menglunensis Li & Zha, 2013 -- see Bannathele

Macrothele mingsheng Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022 -- see Orientothele

Macrothele monocirculata Xu & Yin, 2000 -- see Gigathele

Macrothele nanning Lin & Li, 2021 -- see Spinathele

Macrothele palpator Pocock, 1901 -- see Vacrothele

Macrothele raveni Zhu, Li & Song, 2000 -- see Gigathele

Macrothele sanheensis Tang, Zhao & Yang, 2020 -- see Microthele

Macrothele sinensis Zhu & Mao, 1983 -- see Sinopesa

Macrothele sphaerica Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024 -- see Microthele

Macrothele taiwanensis Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 -- see Vacrothele

Macrothele undata Tang, Zhao & Yang, 2020 -- see Microthele

Macrothele washanensis Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022 -- see Orientothele

Macrothele wuliangensis Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022 -- see Orientothele

Macrothele yaginumai Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 -- see Vacrothele

Macrothele yani Xu, Yin & Griswold, 2002 -- see Orientothele

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 dubia:

Macrothele abrupta Benoit, 1965 (j, DR Congo) -- Sherwood & Jocqué, 2025b: 69

Macrothele incisa Benoit, 1965 (j, DR Congo) -- Sherwood & Jocqué, 2025b: 69

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 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 arcuata Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
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 auriculata Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
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 (unjustified emendation)
Macrothele luctuosa Ausserer, 1871a: 182
Macrothele calpetana Simon, 1892a: 184, f. 125 (f)
Macrothele calpetana Blasco & Ferrández, 1986: 314, f. 1-2 (Dm, f, S of Macrothele luctuosa)
Macrothele calpeiana Snazell, 1986b: 82 (S of Macrothele luctuosa confirmed)
Macrothele calpeiana Snazell & Allison, 1989: 65, f. 1-4, 8 (mf)
Macrothele calpeiana Le Peru, 2011: 64, f. 22 (mf)
Macrothele calpeiana Hernández-Corral & Ferrández, 2025: 31, f. 1A-I (m)
Macrothele camerunensis Simon, 1903 | | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000187
Macrothele camerunensis Simon, 1903e: 66 (Df) Original description
Macrothele camerunensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
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 cangshanensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
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 cretica Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
Macrothele decemnotata Simon, 1909 | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000189
Macrothele decemnotata Simon, 1909e: 72 (Dm) Original description
Macrothele decemnotata Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
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 drolshageni Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
Macrothele indicola (Tikader, 1969) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000317
Ischnothele indicola Tikader, 1969b: 160, f. 25-29 (Dmf) Original description
Ischnothele indicola Coyle, 1995: 29 (misplaced in Ischnothelinae)
Macrothele indicola Tripathi et al., 2025: 208, f. 13A-M (mf, T from Ischnothele)
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 Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
Macrothele maculata annamensis Hogg, 1922 | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000195
Macrothele maculata annamensis Hogg, 1922: 285 (Df) Original description
Macrothele maculata annamensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
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 multispine Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
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 proserpina Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
Macrothele segmentata Simon, 1892 | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000198
Macrothele segmentata Simon, 1892d: 284 (Df) Original description
Macrothele segmentata Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
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 (f, T from Ischnothele)
Macrothele simplicata Yoshida, 1978b: 9, f. 33-35 (f)
Macrothele simplicata Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
Macrothele triangularis Benoit, 1965 | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000201
Macrothele triangularis Benoit, 1965a: 125, f. 9 (Df) Original description
Macrothele triangularis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
Macrothele triangularis Sherwood & Jocqué, 2025b: 71, f. 3A-G (f)
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 vidua Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
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 yongshengensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
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
Macrothele yunlingensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)
Gen. Microthele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06255
type Macrothele undata Tang, Zhao & Yang, 2020; gender feminine
Microthele 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
Microthele sanheensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele)
Microthele sphaerica (Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063208
Macrothele sphaericus Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024: 126, f. 1B, 2A-O, 3A-F (Dmf) Original description
Microthele sphaerica Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele)
Microthele 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
Microthele undata Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele)
Gen. Orientothele Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04394
type Orientothele alyratus Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017; gender masculine
N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae and considered a junior synonym of Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 by Drolshagen, 2017: 282; revalidated by Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342.
Orientothele 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)
Orientothele alyrata Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele)
Orientothele 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
Orientothele jingzhao Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 343 (T from Macrothele)
Orientothele 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
Orientothele jinlin Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 343 (T from Macrothele)
Orientothele 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
Orientothele mingsheng Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 343 (T from Macrothele)
Orientothele 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
Orientothele washanensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 343 (T from Macrothele)
Orientothele 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
Orientothele wuliangensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 343 (T from Macrothele)
Orientothele 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)
Orientothele yani Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 343 (T from Macrothele)
Gen. Spinathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06256
type Macrothele hanfeii Lin & Li, 2021; gender feminine
Spinathele 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)
Spinathele bannaensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 343 (T from Macrothele)
Spinathele 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
Spinathele hanfeii Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 343 (T from Macrothele)
Spinathele 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)
Spinathele holsti Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 343 (T from Macrothele)
Spinathele 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
Spinathele nanning Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 343 (T from Macrothele)
Gen. Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04959
type Macrothele hunanica Zhu & Song, 2000; gender feminine
Vacrothele 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)
Vacrothele amamiensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 343 (T from Macrothele)
Vacrothele baiseensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063791
Vacrothele baiseensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025: 100, f. 8A-E, 9A-G, 10A-C, 11C (Dmf) Original description
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 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
Vacrothele emei Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025: 104, f. 12A-G, 13A-B, 14D (mf, T from Macrothele)
Vacrothele fuyuanensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063789
Vacrothele fuyuanensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025: 95, f. 2A-E, 3A-G, 4A-C (Dmf) Original description
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 jiangkouensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063790
Vacrothele jiangkouensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025: 98, f. 5A-E, 6A-G, 7A-C (Dmf) Original description
Vacrothele meitanensis Zhang, Zheng & Yang, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066526
Vacrothele meitanensis Zhang, Zheng & Yang, 2025: 131, f. 1A-C (Df) Original description
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 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
Vacrothele taiwanensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025: 106 (T from Macrothele)
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 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)
Vacrothele yaginumai Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 344 (T from Macrothele)
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 see Macrothele mingsheng) Original description
Vacrothele yunnanica Wu et al., 2022b: 97, f. 1A-K (m, T from Macrothele)

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