Macrothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders, split off from the family Hexathelidae in 2018. It contains three genera, Macrothele,[1]Vacrothele[2] and the extinct Promacrothele.[3]
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^Tang, Ya-Ni; Wu, Ya-Ying; Zhao, Yu; Yang, Zi-Zhong (2022-04-13). "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. ISSN 1175-5334.
^Tang, Ya-Ni; Peng, An-Cheng; Wu, Zi-Ying; Engel, Michael S.; Yang, Zi-Zhong; Liu, Yu (July 2023). "Mygalomorph spiders in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Araneae: Mygalomorphae), northern Myanmar: A new genus and species of the family Macrothelidae". Cretaceous Research. 147: 105514. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105514.
Macrothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders, split off from the family Hexathelidae in 2018. It contains three genera, Macrothele, Vacrothele and...
in size by genera being moved to three separate families: Atracidae, Macrothelidae and Porrhothelidae. These spiders are medium to large in size, with...
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...
Europe: 12 species from the families Atypidae, Nemesiidae, Ctenizidae, Macrothelidae, Theraphosidae, and Cyrtaucheniidae. Despite their limited current range...
strength of the spider's chelicerae. One other genus in the family Macrothelidae has been reported to cause severe symptoms in humans. Severe bites have...
and three new families created within the Avicularioidea: Atracidae, Macrothelidae, and Porrhothelidae. Further changes are possible in the future. The...
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