{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Orientothele | authority = Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017<ref name="mirza2017" /> | type_species = ''O. alyrata'' | type_species_authority = Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 7, see text }}
'''''Orientothele''''' is a Chinese genus of spiders in the family Macrothelidae.<ref name="wsc" /> Its members were formerly in genus ''Macrothele''.<ref name="wsc" />
==Distribution== All ''Orientothele'' species are endemic to China, with the exception of the type species ''O. alyrata'', which is endemic to India.<ref name="wsc" />
==Species== {{as of|2026|1}}, this genus includes seven species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Orientothele alyrata'' <small>Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017</small> – India * ''Orientothele jingzhao'' <small>(Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020)</small> – China * ''Orientothele jinlin'' <small>(Z. B. Yang, Zhao, Zhang & Z. Z. Yang, 2018)</small> – China * ''Orientothele mingsheng'' <small>(Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022)</small> – China * ''Orientothele washanensis'' <small>(Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022)</small> – China * ''Orientothele wuliangensis'' <small>(Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022)</small> – China * ''Orientothele yani'' <small>(Xu, Yin & Griswold, 2002)</small> – China {{Div col end}}
==References== <references> <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn%3Alsid%3Anmbe.ch%3Aspidergen%3A04394 | title=Gen. ''Orientothele'' Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2026-01-20}}</ref> <ref name="mirza2017">{{cite journal | last1=Mirza | first1=Z. A. | last2=Sanap | first2=R. V. | last3=Kunte | first3=K. | year=2017 | title=A new genus and new species of diplurid spider (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from northeast India | journal=Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity | volume=10 | pages=32-38 | doi=10.1016/j.japb.2016.03.013| doi-access=free }}</ref> </references>
==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}
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Category:Macrothelidae Category:Spiders described in 2017 Category:Spiders of China Category:Mygalomorphae genera
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