Mediothele
| Mediothele | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Hexathelidae |
| Genus: | Raven & Platnick, 1978[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. australis Raven & Platnick, 1978
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| Species | |
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Mediothele is a genus of South American funnel-web spiders that was first described by Robert John Raven & Norman I. Platnick in 1978.[2]
Species
As of May 2024 it contains six species, all found in Chile:[1]
- Mediothele anae Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
- Mediothele australis Raven & Platnick, 1978 (type) – Chile
- Mediothele lagos Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
- Mediothele linares Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
- Mediothele minima Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
- Mediothele nahuelbuta Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
References
- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Mediothele Raven & Platnick, 1978". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ Raven, R. J.; Platnick, N. I. (1978). "A new genus of the spider family Dipluridae from Chile (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". Journal of Arachnology. 6: 73–77.