Vacrothele

Vacrothele
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
6, see text

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

Species

As of April 2025 ^[update] , it contains 11 species, found in China, Taiwan, and Japan:<ref name="NMBE">{{cite web |title=Gen. Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022

• 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) (type) – China
• Vacrothele jiangkouensis Zheng, Zhao & 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, Ryuku Is.
• Vacrothele yunnanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) – China

References

1. "Gen. Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
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.