Macrothele gigas

♀ Macrothele gigas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hexatheloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Hexatheloidea

Familia: Hexathelidae
Subfamilia: Macrothelinae
Genus: Macrothele
Species: Macrothele gigas

Name

Macrothele gigas Shimojana & Haupt, 1998

Type locality: Japan, Funaura, Iriomote.

Holotype: ZMB. male ♂. 28.IV.1995. legit S.S. Haupt.

References

Primary references

• Shimojana, M. & Haupt, J. 1998. Taxonomy and natural history of the funnel-web spider genus Macrothele (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Macrothelinae) in the Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Taiwan. Species Diversity 3: 1-15. Reference page. 

Links

• Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Vernacular names

日本語: オオクロケブカジョウゴグモ

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