Bannathele

Bannathele
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Macrothelidae
Genus:	Bannathele; Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025
Species:	B. menglunensis
Binomial name
	Bannathele menglunensis; (Li & Zha, 2013)
Synonyms
	Macrothele menglunensis Li & Zha, 2013;

Bannathele is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Macrothelidae containing the single species, Bannathele menglunensis.¹ It was previously in genus Macrothele.³

Distribution

Bannathele menglunensis has been recorded from Menglun Town (勐仑镇; Měng lún zhèn), Mengla County, Xishuangbanna (西双版纳; Xīshuāngbǎnnà) rain forest in Yunnan, China.¹²

Description

Both genders have a body length of about 15 mm.³

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of "Banna" (from the type location) and "-thele" (from Macrothele).² The species is named after the town where it was first found.³

References

"Gen. Bannathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
Shao, L. L.; Zhou, Z. C.; Lin, Y. J. (2025). "Taxonomic revision of Macrothelidae Simon, 1892 and description of four new genera (Araneae, Macrothelidae)". The Indochina Entomologist. 1 (36): 337–350. doi:10.70590/ice.2025.01.36.
Li, S. Q.; Zha, Z. W. (2013). "Macrothele spiders from Xishuangbanna rainforest of Yunnan, China (Araneae, Hexathelidae)". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 38: 776–783.

[wsc-1] "Gen. Bannathele Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-20.

[shao2025-2] Shao, L. L.; Zhou, Z. C.; Lin, Y. J. (2025). "Taxonomic revision of Macrothelidae Simon, 1892 and description of four new genera (Araneae, Macrothelidae)". The Indochina Entomologist. 1 (36): 337–350. doi:10.70590/ice.2025.01.36.

[li2013-3] Li, S. Q.; Zha, Z. W. (2013). "Macrothele spiders from Xishuangbanna rainforest of Yunnan, China (Araneae, Hexathelidae)". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 38: 776–783.

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