Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments

 


Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022 are described in detail from China: Vacrothele fuyuanensis sp. nov., Vacrothele jiangkouensis sp. nov. and Vacrothele baiseensis sp. nov. Two described species of the Macrothele are transferred to the genus, i.e., Vacrothele emei (Lin & Li, 2021) comb. nov. and Vacrothele taiwanensis (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998) comb. nov. A key to species of Vacrothele and a geographic distribution map are given.

Zheng, Y.-L., Zhao, Y., & Yang, Z.-Z. (2025). Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy976(1), 92–107. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779