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Genus: Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 | Family: Macrothelidae Simon, 1892

Macrothele drolshageni Özkütük, Elverici, Yağmur & Kunt, 2019

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051159

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Described:

Distribution: Turkey

External Resources*: araneae - Spiders of Europe

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Anadolu University Zoological Museum (AUZM), Eskişehir, Turkey f - (Özkütük et al., 2019b)

Taxonomic References

Macrothele drolshageni Özkütük et al., 2019b: 180, f. 1A-D, 2A-B (Df) Original description

Macrothele drolshageni Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 345 (incertae sedis)

References

Özkütük, R. S., Elverici, M., Yağmur, E. A. & Kunt, K. B. (2019b). A new mygalomorph spider species from Turkey (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Macrothelidae). Serket 16(4): 179-183. -- Show included taxa

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

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2025-03-25	New taxonomic reference entry	Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025
2019-05-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Özkütük et al., 2019b
2019-05-14	New species inserted	Özkütük et al., 2019b