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

Microthele sphaerica (Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063208

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Described:

Distribution: China

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Institute of Entomoceutics Research, Dali University (DUIER), Dali, China m - (Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024)
Paratype: Institute of Entomoceutics Research, Dali University (DUIER), Dali, China 1m 4f - (Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024)

Taxonomic References

Macrothele sphaericus Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024: 126, f. 1B, 2A-O, 3A-F (Dmf) Original description

Microthele sphaerica Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (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

Zheng, Y. L., Wu, Y. Y. & Yang, Z. Z. (2024). A new Macrothele species from China (Arachniidae [sic]: Macrothelidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 33(2): 125-129. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2024.02.009 -- Show included taxa

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 Microthele
2024-11-28	Species updated		Old value	Species epithet corrected
2024-11-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024
2024-11-28	New species inserted	Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024

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