World Spider Catalog

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

Vacrothele emei (Lin & Li, 2021)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053350

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Described:

Distribution: China

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China m (Ar41850) - (Lin et al., 2021b)
Paratype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China 2m 5f (Ar41851-41857) - (Lin et al., 2021b)

Taxonomic References

Macrothele emei Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2021b: 3, f. 2A-B, 3A-E, 13A, 14A (Dmf) Original description

Vacrothele emei Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025: 104, f. 12A-G, 13A-B, 14D (mf, T from Macrothele)

References

Lin, Y. J., Yan, X. Y., Li, S. Q., Ballarin, F. & Chen, H. F. (2021b). Five new species of Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 from China (Araneae, Macrothelidae). ZooKeys 1052: 1-23. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1052.68623 -- 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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	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
2021-07-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Lin et al., 2021b
2021-07-30	New species inserted	Lin et al., 2021b