Vacrothele hunanica Tang & Wu & Zhao & Yang 2022, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Tang, Ya-Ni
name: Wu, Ya-Ying
name: Zhao, Yu
name: Yang, Zi-Zhong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Macrothelidae
Vacrothele
Vacrothele hunanica

description: Vacrothele hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) comb. nov.
Figs 2–4, 16A, 17A, 18A, 19
Macrothele hunanica Zhu & Song, 2000: 60, figs 1A–I.
Type material examined. Holotype, male (DUIER-VH11), Dayung County, Hunan Province, China, 29º6’N, 110º24’E, 10 October 1986, coll. by M. S. Zhu. Paratypes: two males, four females (DUIER-VH21-VH26), data same as holotype.
Description: See Zhu & Song (2000).
Examined material. 7♀, 3♂, Dayong County, 11 October 1986, coll. by J. F. Wang. 4♀ [3 juveniles], 1♂, Yuelu Mountain, Changsha City, Hunan Province, 26 October 2007, coll. by Z. Z. Yang. 2♀ [1 juvenile], Huilong village, Qinggangtang Town, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve, Guizhou Province, 11 August 2010, coll. by Z. Z. Sheng & Z. X. Li. 1♀, Xinjing Township, Yanhe county, Guizhou Province, 632 m, 19 April 2013, N28º53.571′, E108º17.514′, coll. by Z. Z. Sheng. 1♂, Wengang Township, Libo County, Guizhou Province, N25º24′, E107°52′, April 2001, coll. by H. M. Chen. 4♀, Wengang Township, Libo County, Guizhou Province, N25°24′, E107°52′, August 2001, coll. by H. M. Chen. 2♀, Dongchang Village, Libo County, Guizhou Province, 13 August 2001, coll. by H. M. Chen. 1♀, Kaili City, Guizhou Province, N26º35′, E107º58′, 3 October 1997, coll. by X. P. Wang. 1♀, Qianling Park Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, N26º35′, E106º42′, 21 June 1985, coll. by J. F. Wang. 7♀, Xiaozhai Village, Yanxia Town, Guiding county, Guizhou Province, 1142 m, N26º23′11″, E107°17′49″, 9 August 2007, coll. by Z. Z. Sheng. 2♀ [juveniles], Gaoxin Village, Yuanhou Town, Chishui City, Guizhou Province, 31 May 2008, coll. by L. Y. Wang. 1♂, along the way to Wuzhu Peak, Chishui City, Guizhou Province, 959m, N28º23′42.9′′, E105º58′10.3′′, 3 October 2008, coll. by Z. Z. Sheng. 1♀ [juvenile], 3♂ [juveniles], Jiulong mountain, Anshun City, Guizhou Province, 7 August 2007, coll. by Z. Z. Yang, Z. X. Li & H. B. Cui. 1♀, Feilongzhai Goupitan Town, Yuqing County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, 807 m, N27º23′11.9ʺ, E107º29′21.2ʺ, 23 July 2016, coll. by C. G. Li. 1♂, 2♀, Hetaoping, Jiangkou County, Tongren City, Guizhou Province, 601 m, N27º41′48.9″, E108º49′03.3″, 14 September 2016, coll. by Z. Z. Yang, C. G. Li & Y. Zhang. 2♀, 1♂, from Qingyin Pavilion to Leijun Temple, Emei Mountain, Sichuan Province, N29°31′, E103°19′, 17 March 2004, coll. by Z. Z. Sheng. 2♀, Huangniang Cave, Fuxing Township, Changning county, Sichuan Province, 771 m, N28º19′51.1 ′, E104º55′11.9 ′, 5 June 2008, coll. by Z. Z. Sheng, L. Y. Wang & C. Q. Wu. 1♀, Bifeng Gorge, Yaan City, Sichuan Province, 16 April 2013, coll. by L. Y. Wang. 2♀, Qinwa Lake, Yulan Mountain, Hejiang County, Sichuan Province, 29 April 2012, coll. by L. Y. Wang & X. K. Jiang. 1♀, Wannian Temple, Emei Mountain, Sichuan Province, 15 May 2012, coll. by L. Y. Wang & D. Wang. 2♀, Banzigou, Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District, Chongqing Province, 12 April 2008, coll. by Z. Z. Sheng. 3♀ [2 juveniles], Guankou, Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District, Chongqing Province, 18 May 2008, coll. by Z. Z. Sheng. 2♀, from Jinyun Temple to Dawuji, Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District, Chongqing Province, 26 July 2008, coll. by R. Y. Zuo & C. Q. Wu. 1♀, Banzigou, Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District, Chongqing Province, 23 August 2008, coll. by Z. Z. Sheng. 1♀, Banzigou, Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District, Chongqing Province, 4 September 2010, coll. by H. J. Wen & L. Li. 1♂, Banzigou, Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District, Chongqing Province, 17 November 2010, coll. by H. J. Wen & L. Li. 1♀, Banzigou, Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District, Chongqing Province, 12 March 2011, coll. by H. J. Wen & L. Li. 1♂, Banzigou, Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District, Chongqing Province, 25 April 2011, coll. by H. J. Wen & L. Li. 1♂, Banzigou, Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District, Chongqing Province, 25 April 2011, coll. by H. J. Wen & L. Li. 1♂, Banzigou, Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District, Chongqing Province, 11 May 2011, coll. by L. Y. Wang. 1♂, Banzigou, Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District, Chongqing Province, 27 May 2011, coll. by L. Y. Wang. 2 ♂, Banzigou, Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District, Chongqing Province, 27 May 2011, coll. by L. Y. Wang & Z. Li. 1♂, Jiangtan, Longsheng County, Guangxi Province, 12 September 2005, coll. by C. Gao. 2♀, Near the steps of the baise uprising Memorial Hall, Baise City, Guangxi Province, 30 July 2007, coll. by Z. Z. Yang, Z. X. Li & H. B. C. 4♀ [2 juveniles], Roadside of Tiankeng parking, Huangjing, Leye County, Guangxi Province, 1103 m, N24°48.574′, E106º22.265′, 14 November 2009, coll. by Z. Z. Yang. 5♂, Lengshuitun, Oudong Village, Oudong Township, Xincheng County, Laibin City, Guangxi Province, 25 January 2010, coll. by L. J. Wei. 4♂ [juveniles], 2♀, Forest Park, Tianlin County, Baise City, Guangxi Province, 2 August 2007, coll. by Z. Z. Yang, Z. X. Li & H. B. Cui. 1♂, Maluan Mountain, ShengzhenCity, Guangdong Province, 10 November 2018, coll. by F. L. 1♂, Bijia Mountain, ShengzhenCity, Guangdong Province, 22 November 2018, coll. by F. L. 1♀, Jiangchen County, Yunnan Province, 4 September 2000, coll. by F. X. Liu. 2♀ [1 juvenile], Kuzhulin Reservoir, Jinping County, Yunnan Province, 1212 m, N22º45′734″, E103º12′953″, 12 May 2011, coll. by Z. X. Li & G. C. Zhou. 2♀ [1 juvenile], Yuke Village, Zhelong Township, Xinping County, Yunnan Province, N24º15′31.6″, E101º23′50.4 ′, 1125 m, 12 March 2017, coll. by Z. Z. Yang & C. G. Li. 2♂, 3♀, Pingzhangting, Zhelong Township, Xinping County, Yunnan Province, N24°16′55.3′′, E101º22′49.3 ′, 1307 m, 13 March 2017, coll. by Z. Z. Yang & C. G. Li. 1♀, Nandong, Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province, 17 August 1982, coll. by Y. C. Jiao. 1♂, 7♀ [6 juveniles], Tangna Village, Baimei Town, Guangnan County, Yunnan Province, 870 m, N24º19′25″, E105º3′39″, 15 February 2019, coll. by Z. Z. Yang & Y. H. Che. 1♂, 3♀, Qiyun Mountain, Xiuning County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, 2 October 1983, coll. by M. S. Zhu. All materials of examined species are deposited in DUIER.
Distribution: China (Hunan, Anhui, Guangxi, Chongqing, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunna).
description: Published as part of Tang, Ya-Ni, Wu, Ya-Ying, Zhao, Yu & Yang, Zi-Zhong, 2022, Description of a new genus and two new species of the funnel-web mygalomorph (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Macrothelidae) from China with notes on taxonomic amendments, pp. 513-535 in Zootaxa 5125 (5) on pages 516-517, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5125.5.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6457317