Mediothele Explained

Mediothele is a genus of South American funnel-web spiders that was first described by Robert John Raven & Norman I. Platnick in 1978.^[1]

Species

it contains six species, all found in Chile:^[2]

• Mediothele anae Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
• Mediothele australis Raven & Platnick, 1978 (type) – Chile
• Mediothele lagos Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
• Mediothele linares Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
• Mediothele minima Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
• Mediothele nahuelbuta Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile

Notes and References

1. Raven. R. J.. Platnick. N. I.. 1978. A new genus of the spider family Dipluridae from Chile (Araneae, Mygalomorphae).. Journal of Arachnology. 73–77. 6. Robert Raven. Norman I. Platnick.
2. Gen. Mediothele Raven & Platnick, 1978. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-11. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.