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

Yu-Lin Zheng; Yu Zhao; Zi-Zhong Yang

doi:10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779

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

Yu-Lin Zheng National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Entomoceutics, Dali University, Dali 671000, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6554-1137
Yu Zhao National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Entomoceutics, Dali University, Dali 671000, China https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8607-8500
Zi-Zhong Yang National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Entomoceutics, Dali University, Dali 671000, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2143-8226

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779

Keywords: Chinese fauna, new combination, spiders, taxonomy

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.

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2025-02-03

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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 Taxonomy, 976(1), 92–107. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779

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