Taxon details

Family: Macrothelidae / Genus: Gigathele

Gigathele limenghuai (Lin & Li, 2021)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-03-25
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053353]
  • Distribution: China
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China; m (Ar41866) (Lin et al., 2021b)
  • Paratype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China; 1m 1f (Ar41867-41868) (Lin et al., 2021b)
Taxonomic references
Macrothele limenghuai Lin & Li, in Lin et al., 2021b: 13, f. 1A-B, 9A-B, 10A-E, 13B, 14B, 15A, E (Dmf).
Gigathele limenghuai Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (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

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 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
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
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