World Spider Catalog

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. 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 TYPE SPECIES

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)