Vacrothele
| Vacrothele | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Macrothelidae |
| Genus: | Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022[1] |
| Type species | |
| V. hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000)
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| Species | |
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14, see text | |
Vacrothele is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Macrothelidae. It was first described by Tang & Yang in 2022.[2]
Distribution
Most species are endemic to China, with some found in Japan and Taiwan.[1]
Species
As of January 2026, this genus includes fourteen species:[1]
- Vacrothele amamiensis (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998) – Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
- Vacrothele baiseensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 – China
- Vacrothele digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) – China
- Vacrothele emei (Lin & Li, 2021) – China
- Vacrothele fuyuanensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 – China
- Vacrothele hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) – China
- Vacrothele jiangkouensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 – China
- Vacrothele meitanensis Zhang, Zheng & Yang, 2025 – China
- Vacrothele palpator (Pocock, 1901) – China, Hong Kong
- Vacrothele pseudohunanica Tang, Wu, Zhao & Yang, 2022 – China
- Vacrothele taiwanensis (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998) – Taiwan
- Vacrothele uncata Tang, Wu, Zhao & Yang, 2022 – China
- Vacrothele yaginumai (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998) – Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
- Vacrothele yunnanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) – China
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
- ^ Tang, Ya-Ni; Wu, Ya-Ying; Zhao, Yu; Yang, Zi-Zhong (13 April 2022). "Description of a new genus and two new species of the funnel-web mygalomorph (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Macrothelidae) from China with notes on taxonomic amendments". Zootaxa. 5125 (5): 513–535. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5125.5.3. PMID 36101199.