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. 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 TYPE SPECIES

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)