Family: Macrothelidae Simon, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0128] Back
Gen.
Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00017 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 253 and to the Macrothelidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 4; considered a senior synonym of Orientothele Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 by Drolshagen, 2017: 282; Orientothele is revalidated by Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2025-03-25
2025-03-25
Described in
Ausserer, 1871a: 181 (type Mygale calpeiana Walckenaer, 1805; gender feminine)
Ausserer, 1871a: 181 (type Mygale calpeiana Walckenaer, 1805; gender feminine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 22 | accepted |
| 3 | synonym |
| 2 | nomen nudum |
Reference
Edit history
Ausserer, A. (1871a). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 117-224, pl. 1. [incl. unpubl. manuscript by Doleschall] 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-31 | Genus transferred to other family | Hedin et al., 2018a | Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 transferred to Macrothelidae |
| 2017-11-22 | Genus synonymy | Drolshagen, 2017 | Orientothele synonymized with Macrothele |