Macrothele alyrata

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 alyrata

Name

Macrothele alyrata (Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017)

Type locality: Belianchip, Jampui Hills in North Tripura district, Tripura, India (23.968854°, 92.277980°; elevation 644 m).

Holotype: NCBS. female ♀. 30.XI.2014. legit Rajesh Sanap and Zeeshan Mirza. NCBS AR142.

Synonymy

• Orientothele alyratus Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017: 34 (original combination)
• Macrothele alyrata (Mirza, Sanap & Kunte): Drolshagen, 2017: 282

References

Primary references

• Mirza, Z.A., Sanap, R.V. & Kunte, K. 2017. A new genus and new species of diplurid spider (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from northeast India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 10(1): 32-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2016.03.013. . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Drolshagen, B. 2017. Orientothele Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 is a junior synonym of Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae: Hexathelidae). Arachnology 17(6): 282–283. Reference page.