Orientothele yani (Xu, Yin & Griswold, 2002)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038361

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Taxonomic References
Macrothele yani Xu, Yin & Griswold, 2002: 116, f. 1-7 (Df) Original description
Macrothele yani Shi et al., 2018: 104, f. 1A-B, 2A-V, 3A-L (Dmf)
Orientothele yani Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 343 (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

Shi, J. H., Yang, Z. B., Zhao, Y. & Yang, Z. Z. (2018). The first description on the male of Macrothele yani, and supplemental descriptions of female (Araneae: Macrothelidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 27(2): 103-107. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2018.02.003 -- Show included taxa

Xu, X., Yin, C. M. & Griswold, C. E. (2002). A new species of the spider genus Macrothele from the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China (Araneae: Hexathelidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 78(2): 116-119. -- 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 Orientothele
2018-12-18 New taxonomic reference entry Shi et al., 2018
2018-12-18 First description of male Shi et al., 2018 Old value

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