Taxon details

Family: Macrothelidae / Genus: Vacrothele

Vacrothele emei (Lin & Li, 2021)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-02-07
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053350]
  • Distribution: China
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China; m (Ar41850) (Lin et al., 2021b)
  • Paratype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China; 2m 5f (Ar41851-41857) (Lin et al., 2021b)
Taxonomic references
Macrothele emei Lin & Li, in Lin et al., 2021b: 3, f. 2A-B, 3A-E, 13A, 14A (Dmf).
Vacrothele emei Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025: 104, f. 12A-G, 13A-B, 14D (mf, T from Macrothele).
References

Lin, Y. J., Yan, X. Y., Li, S. Q., Ballarin, F. & Chen, H. F. (2021b). Five new species of Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 from China (Araneae, Macrothelidae). ZooKeys 1052: 1-23. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1052.68623 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zheng, Y. L., Zhao, Y. & Yang, Z. Z. (2025). Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976: 92-107. doi:10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2025-02-07 New taxonomic reference entry Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 n/a
2025-02-07 Species transferred to new genus Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 Species transferred from Macrothele to Vacrothele
2021-07-30 New taxonomic reference entry Lin et al., 2021b n/a
2021-07-30 New species inserted Lin et al., 2021b n/a