ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e90980
Two new species of genus Macrothele (Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China
expand article infoYaying Wu‡, Zhimin Li§, Yan Yang|, Zizhong Yang‡
‡ Dali University, Yunnan Dali, China§ Administration of Nangunhe National Nature Reserve, Yunnan, Cangyuan, China| Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology, Yunnan Kunming, China

Corresponding author: Zizhong Yang ( yangzzh69@163.com )

© Yaying Wu, Zhimin Li, Yan Yang, Zizhong Yang.
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Citation: Wu Y, Li Z, Yang Y, Yang Z (2022) Two new species of genus Macrothele (Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e90980
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Abstract

The family Macrothelidae Simon, 1892 belongs to the infraorder Mygalomorphae, currently contain two genera and 47 described species from South Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

Two new species of the funnel-web spider genus Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 from Yunnan Province, China are described: Macrothele washanensis Wu & Yang, sp. n. (♂♀), and M. wuliangensis Wu & Yang, sp. n. (♂♀). Detailed descriptions, diagnostic illustrations and distribution map are provided. Type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Entomoceutics Research, Dali University (DUIER).

Keywords
Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae, taxonomy, morphology, new species