Bannathele
| Bannathele | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Macrothelidae |
| Genus: | Bannathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025[2] |
| Species: | B. menglunensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Bannathele menglunensis (Li & Zha, 2013)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Bannathele is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Macrothelidae containing the single species, Bannathele menglunensis.[1] It was previously in genus Macrothele.[3]
Distribution
Bannathele menglunensis has been recorded from Menglun Town (勐仑镇; Měng lún zhèn), Mengla County, Xishuangbanna (西双版纳; Xīshuāngbǎnnà) rain forest in Yunnan, China.[1][2]
Description
Both genders have a body length of about 15 mm.[3]
Etymology
The genus name is a combination of "Banna" (from the type location) and "-thele" (from Macrothele).[2] The species is named after the town where it was first found.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Bannathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
- ^ a b c 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: 337–350. doi:10.70590/ice.2025.01.36.
- ^ a b c Li, S. Q.; Zha, Z. W. (2013). "Macrothele spiders from Xishuangbanna rainforest of Yunnan, China (Araneae, Hexathelidae)". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 38: 776–783.