{{Short description|Species of spider}} {{Speciesbox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Bannathele menglunensis | authority = (Li & Zha, 2013)<ref name="wsc" /> | parent_authority = Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025<ref name="shao2025" /> |synonyms = {{specieslist| Macrothele menglunensis|Li & Zha, 2013}} }}
'''''Bannathele''''' is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Macrothelidae containing the single species, '''''Bannathele menglunensis'''''.<ref name="wsc" /> It was previously in genus ''Macrothele''.<ref name="li2013" />
==Distribution== ''Bannathele menglunensis'' has been recorded from Menglun Town ({{zh|t=|p=Měng lún zhèn|s=勐仑镇|labels=no}}), Mengla County, Xishuangbanna ({{zh|t=|p=Xīshuāngbǎnnà|s=西双版纳|labels=no}}) rain forest in Yunnan, China.<ref name="wsc" /><ref name="shao2025" />
==Description== Both genders have a body length of about 15 mm.<ref name="li2013" />
==Etymology== The genus name is a combination of "Banna" (from the type location) and "-thele" (from ''Macrothele'').<ref name="shao2025" /> The species is named after the town where it was first found.<ref name="li2013" />
==References== <references> <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus-detail/6434/genus | title=Gen. ''Bannathele'' Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2026-01-20}}</ref> <ref name="li2013">{{cite journal | last1=Li | first1=S. Q. | last2=Zha | first2=Z. W. | year=2013 | title=Macrothele spiders from Xishuangbanna rainforest of Yunnan, China (Araneae, Hexathelidae) | journal=Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica | volume=38 | pages=776–783}}</ref> <ref name="shao2025">{{cite journal | last1=Shao | first1=L. L. | last2=Zhou | first2=Z. C. | last3=Lin | first3=Y. J. | year=2025 | title=Taxonomic revision of Macrothelidae Simon, 1892 and description of four new genera (Araneae, Macrothelidae) | journal=The Indochina Entomologist | volume=1 | issue=36 | pages=337–350 | doi=10.70590/ice.2025.01.36}}</ref> </references>
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Category:Macrothelidae Category:Spiders described in 2025 Category:Spiders of China Category:Monotypic Mygalomorphae genera
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