Family: Macrothelidae

Macrothele Ausserer, 1871

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

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.

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Last updated: 2025-07-28

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 20

SYNONYM: 3

NOMEN NUDUM: 2

NOMEN DUBIUM: 2

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Ausserer, 1871a: 181 type Mygale calpeiana Walckenaer, 1805; gender feminine
Reference

Ausserer, A. (1871a). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 117-224, pl. 1. [[incl. unpubl. manuscript by Doleschall]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-03-25 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-11-01 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-11-01 Nota bene edited Old value
2021-07-30 Nota bene edited Old value
2018-01-31 Nota bene edited Old value
2018-01-31 Genus transferred to other family Hedin et al., 2018a Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 transferred to Macrothelidae
2017-11-22 Genus synonymy Drolshagen, 2017 Orientothele synonymized with Macrothele
2017-11-22 Nota bene edited Old value
2017-11-22 Nota bene edited Old value
2017-11-22 Nota bene edited Old value

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