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MACROTHELIDAE - Long-Tailed Mygalomorphs

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Macrothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders, split off from the family Hexathelidae in 2018. It contains three genera, Macrothele, Vacrothele and the extinct Promacrothele.

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Spider identification from photographs should not be definitive in many cases.
For positive identification of many spiders, it is often necessary to examine their copulatory organs under a microscope.

Quote from : Borneo Spiders: A Photographic Field Guide by Joseph K H Koh and Nicky Bay

The gallery images are my Amateurish ID, would be grateful for ID correction.

(Macrothele sp.)[A]
(Macrothele sp.)[A]

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