Description of a new genus and two new species of the funnel-web mygalomorph (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Macrothelidae) from China with notes on taxonomic amendments Author Tang, Ya-Ni National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Entomoceutics, Dali 671000, China. & Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R & D Dali 671000, China. Author Wu, Ya-Ying National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Entomoceutics, Dali 671000, China. & Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R & D Dali 671000, China. Author Zhao, Yu National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Entomoceutics, Dali 671000, China. & Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R & D Dali 671000, China. Author Yang, Zi-Zhong National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Entomoceutics, Dali 671000, China. & Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R & D Dali 671000, China. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-04-13 5125 5 513 535 journal article 56017 10.11646/zootaxa.5125.5.3 77b9c11a-7976-4567-9b10-003b39e3eea5 1175-5326 6457317 6983B9C9-7AD7-49AD-8D4E-C3B4F25B2CEC Vacrothele palpator ( Pocock, 1901 ) , comb. nov. Figs 11–12 , 16B , 17D , 18D , 19 Macrothele palpator Pocock, 1901: 213 , pl. 21, fig. 4; Hu & Li, 1986: 11 (1), figs 8–11; Feng, 1990: 27 (2), figs 1–5; Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 39, figs 17 D–F; Yin et al., 2012: 142, fig. Type material. Holotype , male, 60 miles uphill from Ningbo, China . Coll. by P. W. Bassett-Smith , Esq, Surgeon R. N . Paratypes : male, female, from Hongkong , coll. by J. C. Bowring ; Da Lan San , 60 miles uphill from Ningbo , coll. by P. W. Bassett-Smith , Esq, Surgeon R. N . Description: See Yin et al (2012). Examined material. 1♀ , Longkangtou , Bataishan scenic spot, Meitan City , Guizhou Province , 16 August , 2020, coll. by Y. N. Tang Y. M. You & L. J. Ding . 4♂ , 11♀ , Pu County , Meitan City , Guizhou Province , N27º54′1″ , E107º38′22″ , 760m , 14 October 2021 , coll. by Z. Z. Yang & Y. Y. Wu . 1♂ , 1♀ , Shawen browse Road , Yuanzhou District , Yichun City , Jiangxi Province , 28 February 2020 , coll. by Y. N. Tang . 1♀ , Yuanshan Park , Yichun City , Jiangxi Province , 1 January 2020 , coll. by Y. N. Tang . 1♂ , Tumenguan , Sangxi town , Yang County , Shanxi Province , China , E107º55′31.4″ , N33º17′6.65′′ , 20 October 2020 , coll. by L. Y. Wang . 1♀ , Muyu Town , Shennongjia , Hebei Province , E110º28′43.05″ , N31º23′46.45″ , 25 October 2020 , coll. by L. Y. Wang. All materials of examined species are deposited in DUIER . Distribution: China : ( Hong Kong , Zhejiang, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi).