# Orientothele

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
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| taxon = Orientothele
| authority = Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017<ref name="mirza2017" />
| type_species = ''[O. alyrata](/source/Orientothele_alyrata)''
| type_species_authority = Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017
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'''''Orientothele''''' is a [Chinese](/source/China) [genus](/source/genus) of [spiders](/source/spiders) in the family [Macrothelidae](/source/Macrothelidae).<ref name="wsc" /> Its members were formerly in genus ''[Macrothele](/source/Macrothele)''.<ref name="wsc" />

==Distribution==
All ''Orientothele'' species are [endemic](/source/endemic) to [China](/source/China), with the exception of the type species ''O. alyrata'', which is endemic to [India](/source/India).<ref name="wsc" />

==Species==
{{as of|2026|1}}, this genus includes seven species:<ref name="wsc" />
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* ''[Orientothele alyrata](/source/Orientothele_alyrata)'' <small>Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017</small> – [India](/source/India)
* ''[Orientothele jingzhao](/source/Orientothele_jingzhao)'' <small>(Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020)</small> – [China](/source/China)
* ''[Orientothele jinlin](/source/Orientothele_jinlin)'' <small>(Z. B. Yang, Zhao, Zhang & Z. Z. Yang, 2018)</small> – China
* ''[Orientothele mingsheng](/source/Orientothele_mingsheng)'' <small>(Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022)</small> – China
* ''[Orientothele washanensis](/source/Orientothele_washanensis)'' <small>(Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022)</small> – China
* ''[Orientothele wuliangensis](/source/Orientothele_wuliangensis)'' <small>(Wu & Z. Z. Yang, 2022)</small> – China
* ''[Orientothele yani](/source/Orientothele_yani)'' <small>(Xu, Yin & [Griswold](/source/%3Aspecies%3ACharles_E._Griswold), 2002)</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%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>
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==External links==
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Category:Macrothelidae
Category:Spiders described in 2017
Category:Spiders of China
Category:Mygalomorphae genera

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