Macrothelidae
| Macrothelidae Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| Female Macrothele gigas | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Macrothelidae Simon, 1892 |
| Genera | |
|
7, see text | |
| blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) | |
Macrothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders, split off from the family Hexathelidae in 2018. It contains extant genera, and the extinct Promacrothele.