taxonID	type	description	language	source
9549FA25FF90F2433E6A496CFD84FE1F.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 6 BB 2 A 5 D 4 - A 6 CF- 4519 - A 87 E-C 667 EC 182 C 41 Figs 1 – 4	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF90F2433E6A496CFD84FE1F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The new species is similar to V. pseudohunanica Tang et al., 2022 in having the conical spines dorsally on palpal tibia and the embolus of the same shape, but males can be distinguished by the following characters: palpal tibia with 13 short spines visible in dorsal view (vs 7 short spines on the palpal tibia); relatively large bend in the middle of the embolus (vs relatively small bend). Females of V. fuyuanensis sp. nov. can be differentiated from V. pseudohunanica by copulatory duct extending flatly from the middle to the distal end (vs copulatory duct curved from the middle to the distal end).	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF90F2433E6A496CFD84FE1F.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific epithet refers to the type locality.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF90F2433E6A496CFD84FE1F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype CHINA • ♂; Yunnan Province, Qujing City, Fuyuan County; 25 ° 33 ′ 3 ′′ N, 104 ° 17 ′ 58 ′′ E; 1914 m a. s. l.; 2 Aug. 2021; Yong-Ming You, Li-Jun Ding, Xiao-Liang Gu leg.; DUIER, Specimen No. YN-VA- 20210802001. Paratypes CHINA – Yunnan Province • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; DUIER, Specimen No. YN-VA- 20210802002 • 3 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; YN-VA- 20210802003 to YN-VA- 20210802005 • 1 ♂; Qujing City, Yingshang Town, Xiaojiagou; 25 ° 28 ′ 45 ′′ N, 104 ° 17 ′ 37 ′′ E; 1910 m a. s. l.; 31 Jul. 2021; Yong-Ming You, Li-Jun Ding, Xiao-Liang Gu leg.; DUIER, Specimen No. YN-VA- 20210731001 • 4 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; DUIER, Specimen No. YN-VA- 20210731002 to YN-VA- 20210731005.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF90F2433E6A496CFD84FE1F.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype Figs 2 – 3) MEASUREMENTS. Total length: 13.15 (not including chelicerae and spinnerets): cephalothorax 5.55 long, 4.68 wide; abdomen 7.40 long, 5.29 wide (Fig. 2 A). PROSOMA. Carapace hirsute, dark chestnut and grey. Fovea transverse. Dorsal view with both eyes concave. Labium brown, with ca 87 cuspules; maxillae 1.80 long, cuspules area 1.10 long. Sternum black, with three pairs of sigilla (Fig. 2 B). EYES. Eyes sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.27, ALE 0.40, PME 0.18, PLE 0.25; ALE – AME 0.14, AME – AME 0.18, ALE – PLE 0.21, PLE – PME 0.10, PME – PME 0.59. Eye group 1.01 long, 1.54 wide. CHELICERAE. Black brown, with 11 stout promarginal teeth and 11 small teeth plus 20 tiny basomesal teeth (Fig. 2 D). PALP. Palpal tibia with 13 stout dorsal spines (Fig. 3 A – C). Embolus thick and long, tapering from base to end, flared at end, length 3.72 (Fig. 3 D – G). LEGS. Brown, with numerous spines. Leg I: NPFS 1; NPPS 2; NPTS 1, NRTS 2, NVTS 5; NPMS 1, and NVMS 16; NPTaS 3 and NRTaS 4. Leg II: NPFS 1; NPPS 2; NPTS 1, NVTS 4 (Fig. 2 E); NPMS 1, NVMS 6; NPTaS 5, NRTaS 4, with 3 claws. Leg III: NRPS 1, NRPS 1; NPTS 2, NRTS 2, NDTS 2, NVTS 7; NVMS 8, NPMS 4, NRMS 3; NPTaS 4, NRTas 5. Leg IV: NPFS 1; NPPS 2, NRPS 1; NPTS 3, NRTS 2, NVTS 9, NDTS 1; NPMS 3, NRMS 2, NDMS 1, NVMS 9; NPTaS 7, NRTaS 6. Measurement of legs: I 13.44 (3.19, 1.36, 3.43, 3.67, 1.79); II 13.84 (3.62, 1.47, 3.42, 3.76, 1.57); III 14 (3.13, 1.34, 3.77, 3.89, 1.87); IV 14.2 (3.37, 1.40, 3.94, 3.79, 1.70). Leg formula: 4321. SPINNERETS. PMS white; PLS slenderness, basal, distal end white; PMS 2.23 long, 0.48 wide; PLS 11.79 long (3.39, 3.62, 4.78); PMS – PMS 1.33 (Fig. 2 C). Female (Fig. 4) MEASUREMENTS. Total length 11.21 (not including chelicerae and spinnerets), cephalothorax 5.35 long, 4.65 wide; abdomen 8.60 long, 6.32 wide (Fig. 4 A). EYES. Eyes sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.24, ALE 0.39, PME 0.26, PLE 0.38; AME – AME 0.25, ALE – AME 0.16, ALE – PLE 0.25, PME – PME 0.62, PLE – PME 0.17. Eye group 0.94 long, 1.79 wide. CHELICERAE. Chelicerae brownish, with 11 stout internal teeth, basomesally with 20 tiny teeth, with 11 smaller external teeth (Fig. 4 B). LEGS. Brown, with numerous spines. Leg I: NVMS 5; NPTaS 5, NRTaS 4. Leg II: NPTS 1, NVTS 2; NPMS 5, NRMS 6; NPTaS 5, NRTaS 4. Leg III: NPPS 2, NRPS 2; NPTS 3, NRTS 2, NDTS 1, NVTS 2; NVMS 6, NPMS 5, NRMS 2, NDMS 2; NPTaS 5, NRTaS 6. Leg IV: NPPS 2, NRPS 1; NPTS 2, NRTS 2, NVTS 2; NPMS 3, NRMS 4, NVMS 8, NDMS 3; NPTaS 9, NRTaS 6. Measurement of legs: I 11.64 (2.85, 1.58, 3.01, 2.97, 1.23); II 11.79 (2.98, 1.39, 2.85, 3.10, 1.47); III 12.25 (2.78, 1.30, 3.35, 3.68, 1.14); IV 12.61 (2.97, 1.74, 3.33, 2.97, 1.60). Leg formula: 4321. SPERMATHECAE. Receptacula finger-like. Copulatory ducts broad at base, gradually tapering posteriorly (Fig. 4 C). SPINNERETS. PMS white; PLS slenderness, distal end white. PMS 1.97 long, 0.43 wide; PLS 6.44 long (2.27, 1.92, 2.25); PMS – PMS 1.72	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF90F2433E6A496CFD84FE1F.taxon	biology_ecology	Natural history The spiders primarily inhabit existing rock crevices or caves, dirt slopes, and under leaf litter along highways.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF90F2433E6A496CFD84FE1F.taxon	distribution	Distribution Qujing, Yunnan Province, China	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF95F24D3E674839FD05F93C.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 58085 DAA- 6 B 1 F- 47 ED-AD 50 - 3640 ECBECA 99 Figs 1, 5 – 7	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF95F24D3E674839FD05F93C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The new species is similar to V. emei Lin & Li, 2021 in having the conical spines dorsally on palpal tibia and the embolus of the same shape, but males can be distinguished by the following characters (Lin et al. 2021): palpal tibia with 11 short spines visible in dorsal view (vs 7 short spines on the palpal tibia). Females of Vacrothele jiangkouensis sp. nov. can be differentiated from receptacula nearly teardrop shaped (vs receptacula finger-like in V. emei).	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF95F24D3E674839FD05F93C.taxon	etymology	Etymology This new species name is derived after the type locality of the specimen.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF95F24D3E674839FD05F93C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype CHINA • ♂; Guizhou Province, Jiangkou County, Walnut Ping; 108 ° 47 ′ 38 ′′ E, 27 ° 55 ′ 35 ′′ N; 700 m a. s. l.; 15 Sep. 2016; Zi-Zhong Yang, Cheng-Gong Li leg.; DUIER, Specimen No. GZ-VA- 20160915001. Paratypes CHINA • 3 ♂♂; same data as for holotype; DUIER, Specimen No. GZ-VA- 20160915002 to GZ-VA- 20160915004 • 2 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; DUIER, Specimen No. GZ-VA- 20160915005, GZVA- 20160915006.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF95F24D3E674839FD05F93C.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype, Figs 5 – 6) MEASUREMENTS. Total length 12.23 (not including chelicerae and spinnerets), cephalothorax 5.91 long, 5.13 wide; abdomen 5.78 long, 4.07 wide (Fig. 5 A). PROSOMA. Carapace hirsute, brown and gray. Fovea transverse. Dorsal view of both eyes concave posteriorly. Labium basally and terminally brown; maxillae inner and outer chestnut color. Labium and maxillae with numerous cuspules; maxillae 1.77 long, cuspules area 1.26 long (Fig. 5 B). Sternum chestnut color, with three pairs of sigilla (Fig. 5 B). EYES. Eyes sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.33, PME 0.18, PLE 0.20; ALE – AME 0.17, AME – AME 0.15, ALE – PLE 0.15, PLE – PME 0.08, PME – PME 0.57. Eye group 0.91 long, 1.42 wide. CHELICERAE. Brown, with 12 stout internal teeth, 8 smaller external teeth, basomesally with 16 tiny teeth (Fig. 5 D). PALP. Palpal tibia with 1 anterolateral spine and 11 stout dorsal spines (Fig. 6 A – C). Embolus conical, flared at end, embolus 5.43 long (Fig. 6 D – E). LEGS. Brown, with numerous spines. Leg I: NVTS 4; NPMS 1, and NVMS 26. NVTaS 5. Leg II: NPFS 2; NPTS 3, NVTS 7 (Fig. 5 E); NDMS 1, NVMS 7; NVTaS 5. Leg III: NVFS 6; NPPS 1; NVTS 6, NRTS 2, NVMS 8, NRMS 2; NPTaS 10, NRTas 10. Leg IV: NPFS 3; NPPS 1, NRPS 1; NRTS 3, NVTS 5; NPMS 6, NRMS 8, NDMS 2; NPTaS 11, NRTaS 14. Measurement of legs: I 14.10 (3.13, 1.82, 3.83, 3.40, 1.92); II 15.01 (3.87, 1.15, 3.84, 3.86, 2.29); III 15.75 (4.39, 1.19, 3.42, 4.08, 2.67); IV 15.84 (3.98, 1.60, 4.18, 3.35, 2.73). Leg formula: 4321. SPINNERETS. PMS grayish white; PLS, slenderness, basal, distal end white (Fig. 5 C). PMS 1.43 long, 0.37 wide; PLS 6.93 long (2.34, 2.14, 2.45); PMS – PMS 1.48 (Fig. 6 B). Female (Fig. 7) MEASUREMENTS. Total length 15.08 (not including chelicerae and spinnerets), cephalothorax length: 4.94, width: 5.06; abdomen width: 8.17, width: 5.60 (Fig. 7 A). EYES. Eyes sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.25, ALE 0.34, PME 0.30, PLE 0.32; AME – AME 0.20, ALE – AME 0.15, ALE – PLE 0.19, PME – PME 0.63, PLE – PME 0.02. Eye group 0.79 long, 1.35 wide. CHELICERAE. Brownish, with 11 stout internal teeth, basomesally with 20 tiny teeth, with 15 smaller external teeth (Fig. 7 B). LEGS. Brown, with some spines. Leg I: NPMS 3; NVTaS 2, NRTaS 8. Leg II: NDTS 1; NVMS 10; NVTaS 12. Leg III: NVMS 4; NRTas 10. Leg IV: NVMS 4; NRTaS 8. Measurement of legs: I 11.68 (3.53, 1.27, 2.48, 2.50, 1.89); II 12.77 (3.70, 1.84, 2.44, 2.86, 1.93); III 12.91 (3.75, 1.80, 2.51, 2.96, 1.89); IV 13.28 (3.82, 1.95, 2.67, 2.79, 2.05). Leg formula: 4321. SPERMATHECAE. Receptacula nearly teardrop shaped, copulatory ducts long, broad at base and outward bending (Fig. 7 C). SPINNERETS. PMS white; PLS, slenderness, basal, distal end white. PMS 1.68 long, 0.36 wide; PLS 7.08 long (2.01, 2.54, 2.53); PMS – PMS 1.13.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF95F24D3E674839FD05F93C.taxon	biology_ecology	Natural history This species primarily inhabits existing rock crevices or caves, dirt slopes, and under leaf litter along highways.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF95F24D3E674839FD05F93C.taxon	distribution	Distribution Jiangkou County, Guizhou Province, China	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9BF2493E5E4CD9FDC8FCCB.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: C 500 F 418 - A 5 FB- 4 B 0 C- 9608 - DA 3 E 6 C 265 B 65 Figs 1, 8 – 11	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9BF2493E5E4CD9FDC8FCCB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The new species is similar to Vacrothele digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) in having the conical spines dorsally on palpal tibia and the embolus of the same shape, but males can be distinguished by the following characters (Chen et al. 2020): embolus ends uniformly dilated into a flared shape (vs embolus ending basally thinned and then dilated into a flared shape in similar species); embolus length: 4.29 (vs 6.18); PLS length: 4.96 (vs 12.15); tibia of leg II with 5 long spines (vs 9 long spines). Females of V. baiseensis sp. nov. can be differentiated from V. digitata by copulatory duct time shorter, thick wall at the base (vs thin-walled at base).	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9BF2493E5E4CD9FDC8FCCB.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific epithet refers to the type locality.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9BF2493E5E4CD9FDC8FCCB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype CHINA • ♂; Guangxi Province, Baise City, Jiangyuan Highway Station; 23 ° 91 ′ 29 ′′ N, 106 ° 64 ′ 57 ′′ E; 282 m a. s. l.; 4 Nov. 2023, Zi-Zhong Yang, Yu-Lin Zheng leg.; DUIER, Specimen No. GX-VA- 20231104001. Paratypes CHINA • 2 ♂♂; same data as for holotype; DUIER, Specimen No. GX-VA- 20231104002, GX-VA- 20231104003; 3 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; DUIER, Specimen No. GX-VA- 20231104004 to GXVA- 20231104006.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9BF2493E5E4CD9FDC8FCCB.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype, Figs 8 – 9) MEASUREMENTS. Total length 13.39 (not including chelicerae and spinnerets): cephalothorax 5.94 long, 5.23 wide; abdomen 7.40 long, 3.96 wide (Fig. 8 A). PROSOMA. Carapace dark chestnut, gray hairy. Fovea transverse. In dorsal view, both eye rows recurved. Labium and maxillae brown and with numerous cuspules; maxillae l. 62 long, cuspules area 1.0 long (Fig. 8 B). Sternum black, with three pairs of sigilla. PALP. Palp tibia with 8 stout dorsal spines (Fig. 9 A – D). Embolus conical, flared at end, 4.26 long (Fig. 9 E – H). EYES. Eyes sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.277, ALE 0.375, PME 0.220, PLE 0.305; ALE – AME 0.096, AME – AME 0.117, ALE – PLE 0.071, PME – PME 0.52. Eye group 0.672 long, 1.398 wide. CHELICERAE. Black brown, with 11 stout promarginal teeth (Fig. 8 D). LEGS. Brown, with some spines. Leg I: NPTS 2, NRTS 1, NVTS 3; NPMS 3 prolateral and NVMS 9; NPTaS 3. Leg II: NPTS 2, NVTS 5 (Fig. 8 E); NPMS 1, NVMS 7; NPTaS 6, NVTaS 4. Leg III: NPTS 6, NVTS 1; NVMS 4, NPMS 9; NPTaS 4, NVTaS 8. Leg IV: NPTS 3, NVTS 5, NDTS 1; NPMS 11, NDMS 3, NVMS 5; NDTaS 1, NPTaS 15. Measurement of legs: I 16.31 (4.55, 2.43, 3.30, 3.74, 2.26); II 17.16 (4.84, 2.44, 3.47, 3.79, 2.62); III 15.2 (3.35, 2.40, 3.03, 3.88, 2.54); IV 18.94 (4.08, 2.69, 4.05, 5.21, 2.91). Leg formula: 4321. SPINNERETS. PMS grayish white; PLS slenderness, basal, distal end white; PMS 1.335 long, 0.335 wide; PLS 4.96 long (1.54, 1.63, 1.79); PMS – PMS 1.0 4 (Fig. 8 C). Female (Fig. 10) MEASUREMENTS. Total length 17.16 (not including chelicerae and spinnerets), cephalothorax 7.3 long, 5.70 wide; abdomen 10.04 long, 6.55 wide (Fig. 10 A). EYES. Eyes sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.39, PME 0.30, PLE 0.33; AME – AME 0.18, ALE – AME 0.14, ALE – PLE 113, PME – PME 0.53. Eye group 0.758 long, 1.5 wide. CHELICERAE. Brownish, with 11 stout internal teeth, basomesally with 20 tiny teeth, with 11 smaller external teeth (Fig. 10 B). LEGS. Brown, with numerous spines. Leg I: NPMS 4, NVMS 3; NPTaS 4 and NVTaS 3. Leg II: NVPS 2; NPTS 1; NPMS 4 and NVMS 2; NVTaS 5. Leg III: NPTS 2, NVTS 1; NVMS 5, NPMS 8, NDMS 1; NVTaS 5, NPTaS 4. Leg IV: NPTS 4, NDTS 1; NPMS 7, NDMS 3, NVMS 5; NDTaS 1. Measurement of legs: I 14.59 (3.95, 2.67, 2.98, 3.11, 1.88); II 13.78 (3.51, 2.60, 2.87, 3.10, 1.70); III 12.78 (3.20, 2.32, 2.69, 2.76, 1.81); IV 16.73 (3.71, 2.58, 3.41, 4.77, 2.26). Leg formula: 4321. SPERMATHECAE. Receptacula nearly finger-like. Copulatory ducts broad at base, slightly curled in the middle, gradually tapering posteriorly (Fig. 10 C). SPINNERETS. PMS 1.80 long; PLS 6.09 long (2.4, 1.68, 2.01); PMS – PMS 1.375.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9BF2493E5E4CD9FDC8FCCB.taxon	biology_ecology	Natural history This species primarily inhabits existing soil slopes and crevices in tree bark along roadways (Fig. 11).	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9BF2493E5E4CD9FDC8FCCB.taxon	distribution	Distribution Baise City, Guangxi Province, China.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9FF24B3E39496CFEC6FE3C.taxon	description	Figs 1, 12 – 14	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9FF24B3E39496CFEC6FE3C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA • 1 ♂; Sichuan Province, Emeishan City, Huangwan Town, Emei Mountain, Zhongfeng Old Temple to Shengshuige; 29 ° 57 ′ 04 ′′ N, 103 ° 40 ′ 32 ′′ E; 790 m a. s. l.; 13 Nov. 2023; Zi-Zhong Yang, Meng-Meng Zhang, Meng-Yin Zhang, Yong-Ming You leg.; DUIER, Specimen No. SC-VA- 20231113001 • 3 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; No. SC-VA- 20231113002 to GZ-VA- 20231113004.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9FF24B3E39496CFEC6FE3C.taxon	description	Description See Lin et al. (2021).	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9FF24B3E39496CFEC6FE3C.taxon	biology_ecology	Natural history The spider mainly inhabits the soil slopes along the roadway (Fig. 14).	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9FF24B3E39496CFEC6FE3C.taxon	distribution	Distribution Sichuan, China.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9DF24B3D954BD9FED1FC4A.taxon	description	Fig. 1	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9DF24B3D954BD9FED1FC4A.taxon	description	Description See Shimojana & Haupt (1998).	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9DF24B3D954BD9FED1FC4A.taxon	biology_ecology	Natural history Unknown	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
9549FA25FF9DF24B3D954BD9FED1FC4A.taxon	distribution	Distribution Taiwan, China.	en	Zheng, Yu-Lin, Zhao, Yu, Yang, Zi-Zhong (2025): Description of three new species of genus Vacrothele (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Macrothelidae) from China with notes on two taxonomic amendments. European Journal of Taxonomy 976 (1): 92-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2779, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2779/12701
