Taxon details
Gigathele guizhouensis (Hu & Li, 1986)
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2025-03-25
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000191]
- Distribution: China
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- Holotype: Shandong University (SDU), Jinan, China; f (Hu & Li, 1986)
- Paratype: Shandong University (SDU), Jinan, China; 2f (Hu & Li, 1986)
Macrothele guizhouensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 36, f. 17C (f).
Macrothele guizhouensis Haupt, 2008: 20, f. 3D (f).
Macrothele guizhouensis Wu et al., 2022c: 129, f. 1A-F, 2A-I, 3A-E, 4A-F (Dm, f).
Gigathele guizhouensis Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele).
Haupt, J. (2008). An organ of stridulation in East Asian hexathelid spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 15: 19-23. 
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Hu, J. L. & Li, F. J. (1986). On two species of Macrothele from China (Araneae: Dipluridae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 11: 35-39. -- Show included taxa
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
Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa
Wu, Y. Y., Yang, Z. B., He, M., Li, Y. & Yang, Z. Z. (2022c). The first description on the male of Macrothele guizhouensis Hu & Li, 1986, and supplemental descriptions of female (Macrothelidae: Macrothele). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 31(2): 128-134. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2022.02.012 -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-25 | New taxonomic reference entry | Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 | n/a |
| 2025-03-25 | Species transferred to new genus | Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 | Species transferred from Macrothele to Gigathele |
| 2022-11-30 | New taxonomic reference entry | Wu et al., 2022c | n/a |
| 2022-11-30 | First description of male | Wu et al., 2022c | n/a (Old value) |