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
Described in
Ausserer, 1871a: 181 (type Mygale calpeiana Walckenaer, 1805; gender feminine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
45accepted
3synonym
2nomen nudum
Reference

Ausserer, A. (1871a). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 117-224, pl. 1. [incl. unpubl. manuscript by Doleschall] download pdf

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
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