{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Spinathele | authority = Shao, Zhou & Lin, 2025<ref name="shao2025" /> | type_species = ''Macrothele hanfeii'' | type_species_authority = Lin & Li, 2021 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 4, see text }}
'''''Spinathele''''' is a genus of spiders in the family Macrothelidae.<ref name="wsc" />
==Distribution== ''Spinathele'' is distributed in southeastern Asia, with most species occurring in China.<ref name="wsc" />
==Species== {{as of|2026|1}}, this genus includes four species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Spinathele bannaensis'' <small>(Xu & Yin, 2001)</small> – China, Laos * ''Spinathele hanfeii'' <small>(Lin & Li, 2021)</small> – China (Hainan) * ''Spinathele holsti'' <small>(Pocock, 1901)</small> – Taiwan * ''Spinathele nanning'' <small>(Lin & Li, 2021)</small> – China {{Div col end}}
==References== <references> <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn%3Alsid%3Anmbe.ch%3Aspidergen%3A06256 | title=Gen. ''Spinathele'' 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 | pages=337-350 | doi=10.70590/ice.2025.01.36}}</ref> </references>
==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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