Gigathele monocirculata (Xu & Yin, 2000)

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Taxonomic References
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)
References

Shao, L. L., Zhou, Z. C. & Lin, Y. J. (2025). Taxonomic revision of Macrothelidae Simon, 1892 and description of four new genera (Araneae, Macrothelidae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(36): 337-350. doi: 10.70590/ice.2025.01.36 -- Show included taxa

Xu, X. & Yin, C. M. (2000b). A new species of genus Macrothele (Araneae: Hexathelidae) from China. Acta Laser Biology Sinica 9: 200-202. -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M. (2001b). Preliminary study on the different types of the intraspecific variants of order Araneae. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 10(2): 1-7. -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press Changsha, 1590 pp. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-03-25 New taxonomic reference entry Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025
2025-03-25 Species transferred to new genus Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 Species transferred from Macrothele to Gigathele

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