# Microthele

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
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| taxon = Microthele
| authority = Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025<ref name="shao2025" />
| type_species = ''[Macrothele undata](/source/Microthele_undata)''
| type_species_authority = Tang, Zhao & Yang, 2020
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'''''Microthele''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [spiders](/source/spiders) in the family [Macrothelidae](/source/Macrothelidae).<ref name="wsc" />

==Distribution==
All ''Microthele'' are [endemic](/source/endemic) to [China](/source/China).<ref name="wsc" />

==Species==
{{as of|2026|1}}, this genus includes three species:<ref name="wsc" />
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* ''[Microthele sanheensis](/source/Microthele_sanheensis)'' <small>(Tang, Zhao & Yang, 2020)</small> – [China](/source/China)
* ''[Microthele sphaerica](/source/Microthele_sphaerica)'' <small>(Zheng, Wu & Yang, 2024)</small> – China
* ''[Microthele undata](/source/Microthele_undata)'' <small>(Tang, Zhao & Yang, 2020)</small> – China
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==References==
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  <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn%3Alsid%3Anmbe.ch%3Aspidergen%3A06255 | title=Gen. ''Microthele'' Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | accessdate=2026-01-20}}</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>
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==External links==
* {{inaturalist taxon}}

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Category:Macrothelidae
Category:Spiders described in 2025
Category:Spiders of China
Category:Mygalomorphae genera

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