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. 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 TYPE SPECIES

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)