Genus: Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022 | Family: Macrothelidae Simon, 1892

Vacrothele taiwanensis (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000200

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Described:

Distribution: Taiwan

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Taxonomic References
Macrothele taiwanensis Shimojana & Haupt, 1998: 7, f. 5-6, 13, 16, 23 (Dmf) Original description
Vacrothele taiwanensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025: 106 (T from Macrothele)
References

Shimojana, M. & Haupt, J. (1998). Taxonomy and natural history of the funnel-web spider genus Macrothele (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Macrothelinae) in the Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Taiwan. Species Diversity 3: 1-15. -- Show included taxa

Zheng, Y. L., Zhao, Y. & Yang, Z. Z. (2025). Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976: 92-107. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779 -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-02-07 New taxonomic reference entry Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025
2025-02-07 Species transferred to new genus Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 Species transferred from Macrothele to Vacrothele

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