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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyMacrothelidae
Macrothele es un género de arañas migalomorfas de la familia Macrothelidae. Se encuentra en el Sur de Europa, África y Asia. Lista de especies Según The World Spider Catalog 11.5:[1] Macrothele abrupta Benoit, 1965 Macrothele amamiensis Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 Macrothele bannaensis Xu & Yin, 2001 Macrothele calpeiana (Walckenaer, 1805) Macrothele camerunensis Simon, 1903 Macrothele cretica Kulczynski, 1903 Macrothele decemnotata Simon, 1909 Macrothele gigas Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 Macrothele guizhouensis Hu & Li, 1986 Macrothele holsti Pocock, 1901 Macrothele hunanica Zhu & Song, 2000 Macrothele incisa Benoit, 1965 Macrothele maculata (Thorell, 1890) Macrothele monocirculata Xu & Yin, 2000 Macrothele palpator Pocock, 1901 Macrothele proserpina Simon, 1909 Macrothele raveni Zhu, Li & Song, 2000 Macrothele segmentata Simon, 1892 Macrothele simplicata (Saito, 1933) Macrothele taiwanensis Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 Macrothele triangularis Benoit, 1965 Macrothele variabiis Pavesi, 1898 Macrothele vidua Simon, 1906 Macrothele yaginumai Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 Macrothele yani Xu, Yin & Griswold, 2002 Macrothele yunnanica Zhu & Song, 2000 Referenci
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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.
==Description== thumb|250px|Nest of M. gigas Spiders of this genus are fairly large, with females of some Chinese species ranging from in body length. Males are smaller, sometimes only half that length. Macrothelids can be distinguished from other mygalomorph spiders by their larger posterior sigillae on the sternum, and the arrangement of the rows of teeth on the margin of the chelicerae: larger front-facing margin and smaller rear-facing.