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9549FA25FF91F2463C8B4E9FFAC8FDAB.text	9549FA25FF91F2463C8B4E9FFAC8FDAB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vacrothele Tang & Yang 2022	<div><p>Key to the known species of the genus  Vacrothele Tang &amp; Yang, 2022</p><p>1. Males ................................................................................................................................................. 2</p><p>– Females ............................................................................................................................................. 8</p><p>2. Palpal tibia with 6 dorsal spines ........................  V. pseudohunanica Tang, Wu, Zhao &amp; Yang, 2022</p><p>– Palpal tibia more than 6 dorsal spines .............................................................................................. 3</p><p>3. Tibia II with 4 ventral spines. ........................................................................  V. fuyuanensis sp. nov.</p><p>– Tibia II more than with 4 ventral spines ........................................................................................... 4</p><p>4. Embolus longer (5.43) ................................................................................  V. jiangkouensis sp. nov.</p><p>– Embolus relatively short ................................................................................................................... 5</p><p>5. Embolus curved dorsally first, then ventrally ..........................................  V. palpator (Pocock, 1901)</p><p>– Embolus curved ventrally first, then dorsally ................................................................................... 3</p><p>6. Body smaller (9.4 mm); tibia I with seven spines (four ventral, two apical, one median spine) ....... ......................................................................  V. taiwanensis (Shimojana &amp; Haupt, 1998) comb. nov.</p><p>– Body larger ....................................................................................................................................... 7</p><p>7. Tibia I with 9 spines (five ventral, three prolateral, one retrolateral spine) ........................................ ......................................................................................................  V. yunnanica (Zhu &amp; Song, 2000)</p><p>– Tibia I with 5 ventral spines ..............................................................................  V. baiseensis sp. nov.</p><p>8. Receptacula directed forward, turning laterally, and then inward and turning anteriorly, somewhat S-shaped .........................................................................................  V. hunanica (Zhu &amp; Song, 2000)</p><p>– Receptacula directed anteriorly, turning laterally, then dorsally, finally medially ............................ 9</p><p>9. Receptacula G-shaped ..............................................................  V. emei (Lin &amp; Li, 2021) comb. nov.</p><p>– Receptacula non G-shaped ............................................................................................................. 10</p><p>10. Copulatory aperture thicker but joint of the copulatory aperture and spermatheca very thin ............ ............................................................................................  V. uncata Tang, Wu, Zhao &amp; Yang, 2022</p><p>– Receptacula short and finger-like .........................................  V. digitata (Chen, Jiang &amp; Yang, 2020)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9549FA25FF91F2463C8B4E9FFAC8FDAB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Zheng, Yu-Lin;Zhao, Yu;Yang, Zi-Zhong	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.text	9549FA25FF90F2433E6A496CFD84FE1F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vacrothele fuyuanensis Zheng & Zhao & Yang 2025	<div><p>Vacrothele fuyuanensis sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 6BB2A5D4-A6CF-4519-A87E-C667EC182C41</p><p>Figs 1–4</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet refers to the type locality.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype</p><p>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.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.29361&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.479168" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.29361/lat 25.479168)">Xiaojiagou</a>; 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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (holotype Figs 2–3)</p><p>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. 2A).</p><p>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. 2B).</p><p>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.</p><p>CHELICERAE. Black brown, with 11 stout promarginal teeth and 11 small teeth plus 20 tiny basomesal teeth (Fig. 2D).</p><p>PALP. Palpal tibia with 13 stout dorsal spines (Fig. 3A–C). Embolus thick and long, tapering from base to end, flared at end, length 3.72 (Fig. 3D–G).</p><p>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. 2E); 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.</p><p>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. 2C).</p><p>Female (Fig. 4)</p><p>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. 4A).</p><p>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.</p><p>CHELICERAE. Chelicerae brownish, with 11 stout internal teeth, basomesally with 20 tiny teeth, with 11 smaller external teeth (Fig. 4B).</p><p>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.</p><p>SPERMATHECAE. Receptacula finger-like. Copulatory ducts broad at base, gradually tapering posteriorly (Fig. 4C).</p><p>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</p><p>Natural history</p><p>The spiders primarily inhabit existing rock crevices or caves, dirt slopes, and under leaf litter along highways.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Qujing, Yunnan Province, China</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9549FA25FF90F2433E6A496CFD84FE1F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Zheng, Yu-Lin;Zhao, Yu;Yang, Zi-Zhong	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.text	9549FA25FF95F24D3E674839FD05F93C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vacrothele jiangkouensis Zheng & Zhao & Yang 2025	<div><p>Vacrothele jiangkouensis sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 58085DAA-6B1F-47ED-AD50-3640ECBECA99</p><p>Figs 1, 5–7</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The new species is similar to  V. emei Lin &amp; 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).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>This new species name is derived after the type locality of the specimen.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype</p><p>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.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (holotype, Figs 5–6)</p><p>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. 5A).</p><p>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. 5B). Sternum chestnut color, with three pairs of sigilla (Fig. 5B).</p><p>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.</p><p>CHELICERAE. Brown, with 12 stout internal teeth, 8 smaller external teeth, basomesally with 16 tiny teeth (Fig. 5D).</p><p>PALP. Palpal tibia with 1 anterolateral spine and 11 stout dorsal spines (Fig. 6A–C). Embolus conical, flared at end, embolus 5.43 long (Fig. 6D–E).</p><p>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. 5E); 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.</p><p>SPINNERETS. PMS grayish white; PLS, slenderness, basal, distal end white (Fig. 5C). PMS 1.43 long, 0.37 wide; PLS 6.93 long (2.34, 2.14, 2.45); PMS–PMS 1.48 (Fig. 6B).</p><p>Female (Fig. 7)</p><p>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. 7A).</p><p>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.</p><p>CHELICERAE. Brownish, with 11 stout internal teeth, basomesally with 20 tiny teeth, with 15 smaller external teeth (Fig. 7B).</p><p>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.</p><p>SPERMATHECAE. Receptacula nearly teardrop shaped, copulatory ducts long, broad at base and outward bending (Fig. 7C).</p><p>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.</p><p>Natural history</p><p>This species primarily inhabits existing rock crevices or caves, dirt slopes, and under leaf litter along highways.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Jiangkou County, Guizhou Province, China</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9549FA25FF95F24D3E674839FD05F93C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Zheng, Yu-Lin;Zhao, Yu;Yang, Zi-Zhong	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.text	9549FA25FF9BF2493E5E4CD9FDC8FCCB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vacrothele baiseensis Zheng & Zhao & Yang 2025	<div><p>Vacrothele baiseensis sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C500F418-A5FB-4B0C-9608-DA3E6C265B65</p><p>Figs 1, 8–11</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The new species is similar to  Vacrothele digitata (Chen, Jiang &amp; 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).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet refers to the type locality.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype</p><p>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.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (holotype, Figs 8–9)</p><p>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. 8A).</p><p>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. 8B). Sternum black, with three pairs of sigilla.</p><p>PALP. Palp tibia with 8 stout dorsal spines (Fig. 9A–D). Embolus conical, flared at end, 4.26 long (Fig. 9E–H).</p><p>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.</p><p>CHELICERAE. Black brown, with 11 stout promarginal teeth (Fig. 8D).</p><p>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. 8E); 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.</p><p>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. 8C).</p><p>Female (Fig. 10)</p><p>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. 10A).</p><p>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.</p><p>CHELICERAE. Brownish, with 11 stout internal teeth, basomesally with 20 tiny teeth, with 11 smaller external teeth (Fig. 10B).</p><p>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.</p><p>SPERMATHECAE. Receptacula nearly finger-like. Copulatory ducts broad at base, slightly curled in the middle, gradually tapering posteriorly (Fig. 10C).</p><p>SPINNERETS. PMS 1.80 long; PLS 6.09 long (2.4, 1.68, 2.01); PMS–PMS 1.375.</p><p>Natural history</p><p>This species primarily inhabits existing soil slopes and crevices in tree bark along roadways (Fig. 11).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Baise City, Guangxi Province, China.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9549FA25FF9BF2493E5E4CD9FDC8FCCB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Zheng, Yu-Lin;Zhao, Yu;Yang, Zi-Zhong	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.text	9549FA25FF9FF24B3E39496CFEC6FE3C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vacrothele emei (Lin & Li 2021) Zheng & Zhao & Yang 2025	<div><p>Vacrothele emei (Lin &amp; Li, 2021) comb. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 12–14</p><p>Macrothele emei Lin &amp; Li in Lin et al., 2021: 1052 (1), figs 2–3, 13a, 14a, 16.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>CHINA • 1 ♂; Sichuan Province, Emeishan City, Huangwan Town, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=103.67555&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=29.951113" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 103.67555/lat 29.951113)">Emei Mountain</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=103.67555&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=29.951113" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 103.67555/lat 29.951113)">Zhongfeng Old Temple to Shengshuige</a>; 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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>See Lin et al. (2021).</p><p>Natural history</p><p>The spider mainly inhabits the soil slopes along the roadway (Fig. 14).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Sichuan, China.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9549FA25FF9FF24B3E39496CFEC6FE3C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Zheng, Yu-Lin;Zhao, Yu;Yang, Zi-Zhong	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.text	9549FA25FF9DF24B3D954BD9FED1FC4A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vacrothele taiwanensis (Shimojana & Haupt 1998) Zheng & Zhao & Yang 2025	<div><p>Vacrothele taiwanensis (Shimojana &amp; Haupt, 1998) comb. nov.</p><p>Fig. 1</p><p>Macrothele taiwanensis Shimojana &amp; Haupt, 1998: 3, figs 5–6, 13, 16, 23.</p><p>Description</p><p>See Shimojana &amp; Haupt (1998).</p><p>Natural history</p><p>Unknown</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Taiwan, China.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9549FA25FF9DF24B3D954BD9FED1FC4A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Zheng, Yu-Lin;Zhao, Yu;Yang, Zi-Zhong	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
