Vacrothele

Vacrothele
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Macrothelidae
Genus:	Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022 [1]
Type species
V. hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000)
Species
14, see text

Vacrothele is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Macrothelidae. It was first described by Tang & Yang in 2022. ^[2]

Distribution

Most species are endemic to China, with some found in Japan and Taiwan. ^[1]

Species

As of January 2026 ^[update] , this genus includes fourteen species: ^[1]

• Vacrothele amamiensis (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998) – Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
• Vacrothele baiseensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 – China
• Vacrothele digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) – China
• Vacrothele emei (Lin & Li, 2021) – China
• Vacrothele fuyuanensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 – China
• Vacrothele hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) – China
• Vacrothele jiangkouensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025 – China
• Vacrothele meitanensis Zhang, Zheng & Yang, 2025 – China
• Vacrothele palpator (Pocock, 1901) – China, Hong Kong
• Vacrothele pseudohunanica Tang, Wu, Zhao & Yang, 2022 – China
• Vacrothele taiwanensis (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998) – Taiwan
• Vacrothele uncata Tang, Wu, Zhao & Yang, 2022 – China
• Vacrothele yaginumai (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998) – Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
• Vacrothele yunnanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) – China

References

1. "Gen. Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2026-01-20.
2. Tang, Ya-Ni; Wu, Ya-Ying; Zhao, Yu; Yang, Zi-Zhong (13 April 2022). "Description of a new genus and two new species of the funnel-web mygalomorph (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Macrothelidae) from China with notes on taxonomic amendments". Zootaxa. 5125 (5): 513–535. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5125.5.3. PMID   36101199.