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

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...

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Main Authors: Yu-Lin Zheng, Yu Zhao, Zi-Zhong Yang
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Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2779
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-950a839d576644699f9d72e7534798122025-02-03T19:48:04ZengConsortium of European Natural History MuseumsEuropean Journal of Taxonomy2118-97732025-02-01976110.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendmentsYu-Lin Zheng0Yu Zhao1Zi-Zhong Yang2National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Entomoceutics, Dali University, Dali 671000, ChinaNational-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Entomoceutics, Dali University, Dali 671000, ChinaNational-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Entomoceutics, Dali University, Dali 671000, China 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. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2779Chinese faunanew combinationspiderstaxonomy
spellingShingle Yu-Lin Zheng
Yu Zhao
Zi-Zhong Yang
Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments
European Journal of Taxonomy
Chinese fauna
new combination
spiders
taxonomy
title Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments
title_full Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments
title_fullStr Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments
title_full_unstemmed Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments
title_short Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments
title_sort description of three new species of genus vacrothele araneae mygalomorphae macrothelidae from china with notes on two taxonomic amendments
topic Chinese fauna
new combination
spiders
taxonomy
url https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2779
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