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Macrothele
Macrothele is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Macrothelidae, and was first described by A. Ausserer in 1871. Most of the species in the genus occur in Asia, from India to Japan, and Java, with two found in Africa, and two in Europe. The name is derived from Ancient Greek μακρός ("makro-"), meaning "big", and θηλή ("thele"), referring to the spinnerets.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Gibraltar Funnel-web Spider
speciesMacrothele calpeiana
Macrothele maculata
speciesMacrothele maculata
Macrothele nullispine
speciesMacrothele nullispine
Macrothele cretica
speciesMacrothele cretica
Macrothele cangshanensis
speciesMacrothele cangshanensis
Macrothele abrupta
speciesMacrothele abrupta
Macrothele camerunensis
speciesMacrothele camerunensis
Macrothele decemnotata
speciesMacrothele decemnotata
Macrothele proserpina
speciesMacrothele proserpina
Macrothele segmentata
speciesMacrothele segmentata
Macrothele simplicata
speciesMacrothele simplicata
Macrothele triangularis
speciesMacrothele triangularis
Macrothele drolshageni
speciesMacrothele drolshageni
Macrothele multispine
speciesMacrothele multispine
Macrothele auriculata
speciesMacrothele auriculata
Macrothele indicola
speciesMacrothele indicola
Macrothele vidua
speciesMacrothele vidua
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89691.