Orientothele
Genus of spiders
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Orientothele is a Chinese genus of spiders in the family Macrothelidae.[2] Its members were formerly in genus Macrothele.[2]
| Orientothele | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Macrothelidae |
| Genus: | Orientothele Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017[1] |
| Type species | |
| O. alyrata Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 | |
| Species | |
|
7, see text | |
Distribution
Species
As of January 2026[update], this genus includes seven species:[2]
- Orientothele alyrata Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 – India
- Orientothele jingzhao (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) – China
- Orientothele jinlin (Z. B. Yang, Zhao, Zhang & Z. Z. Yang, 2018) – China
- Orientothele mingsheng (Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022) – China
- Orientothele washanensis (Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022) – China
- Orientothele wuliangensis (Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022) – China
- Orientothele yani (Xu, Yin & Griswold, 2002) – China
