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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
TYPE SPECIES
Macrothele menglunensis
Li & Zha, 2013
: 776, f. 1-16 (D
m
f
)
Original description
Bannathele menglunensis
Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025
: 341 (T from
Macrothele
)
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