Taxon details

Family: Macrothelidae / Genus: Microthele

Microthele sphaerica (Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-03-25
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063208]
  • Distribution: China
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Institute of Entomoceutics Research, Dali University (DUIER), Dali, China; m (Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024)
  • Paratype: Institute of Entomoceutics Research, Dali University (DUIER), Dali, China; 1m 4f (Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024)
Taxonomic references
Macrothele sphaericus Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024: 126, f. 1B, 2A-O, 3A-F (Dmf).
Microthele sphaerica Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025: 342 (T from Macrothele).
References

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

Zheng, Y. L., Wu, Y. Y. & Yang, Z. Z. (2024). A new Macrothele species from China (Arachniidae [sic]: Macrothelidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 33(2): 125-129. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2024.02.009 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 Microthele
2024-11-28 Species updated Species epithet corrected (Old value)
2024-11-28 New taxonomic reference entry Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024 n/a
2024-11-28 New species inserted Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024 n/a