Macrothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders, split off from the family Hexathelidae in 2018. It contains extant genera, and the extinct Promacrothele.
Genera , this family includes seven genera and 56 species:
Bannathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 – China Gigathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 – China, Japan, Taiwan Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 – Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Algeria, Morocco, Asia, Greece, Portugal, Spain Microthele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 – China Orientothele Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 – China, India Spinathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 – China, Taiwan, Laos Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022 – China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Extinct Promacrothele Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid Cretaceous.
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