Family: Macrothelidae Simon, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0128] Back
Gen.
Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00017 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 253 and to the Macrothelidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 4; considered a senior synonym of Orientothele Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017: 33 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04394] (type O. alyratus Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017, transferred from the Dipluridae) by Drolshagen, 2017: 282.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-04-23
2024-04-23
Described in
Ausserer, 1871a: 181 (type Mygale calpeiana Walckenaer, 1805; gender feminine)
Ausserer, 1871a: 181 (type Mygale calpeiana Walckenaer, 1805; gender feminine)
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Species counts
Counts | Status |
45 | accepted |
3 | synonym |
2 | nomen nudum |
Reference
Edit historyDate | Type | Reference | Detail |
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2018-01-31 | Genus transferred to other family | Hedin et al., 2018a | Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 transferred to Macrothelidae |
2017-11-22 | Genus synonymy | Drolshagen, 2017 | Orientothele synonymized with Macrothele |