Family: Macrothelidae Simon, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0128] Back
Gen.
Orientothele Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04394 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae and considered a junior synonym of Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 by Drolshagen, 2017: 282; revalidated by Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2025-03-25
2025-03-25
Described in
Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017: 33 (type Orientothele alyratus Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017; gender masculine)
Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017: 33 (type Orientothele alyratus Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017; gender masculine)
Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 7 | accepted |
Reference
Edit history
Mirza, Z. A., Sanap, R. V. & Kunte, K. (2017). A new genus and new species of diplurid spider (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from northeast India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 10(1): 32-38. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2016.03.013 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-25 | Genus updated | Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 | Removed synonymy (Old value) |
| 2017-11-22 | Genus updated | Drolshagen, 2017 | Status: Synonym (Old value) |
| 2017-11-22 | Genus transferred to other family | Drolshagen, 2017 | Orientothele Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 transferred to Hexathelidae |
| 2017-04-05 | New genus inserted | Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 | n/a |