World Spider Catalog

Genus: Gigathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 | Family: Macrothelidae Simon, 1892

Gigathele hungae (Lin & Li, 2021)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053352

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Described:

Distribution: Taiwan

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China m (Ar41862) - (Lin et al., 2021b)
Paratype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China 3f (Ar41863-41865) - (Lin et al., 2021b)

Taxonomic References

Macrothele gigas Haupt, 2008: 20, f. 4B (f; misidentified per Lin et al., 2021b: 10)

Macrothele hungae Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2021b: 10, f. 7A-B, 8A-E, 13E, 14E, 15B, F (Dmf) Original description

Gigathele hungae Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele)

References

Haupt, J. (2008). An organ of stridulation in East Asian hexathelid spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 15: 19-23. -- Show included taxa

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

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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	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
2021-07-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Haupt, 2008
2021-07-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Lin et al., 2021b
2021-07-30	New species inserted	Lin et al., 2021b