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| Brachythele | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Nemesiidae |
| Genus: | Brachythele Ausserer[1] |
| Type species | |
| Brachythele icterica | |
| Species | |
Brachythele is a genus of spiders in the family Nemesiidae. It was first described in 1871 by Ausserer. As of 2022[update], it contains about ten species from eastern Europe.[1]
Species
[edit]As of June 2026[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Brachythele bentzieni Zonstein, 2007 — Greece
- Brachythele denieri (Simon, 1916) — Greece, Bulgaria
- Brachythele icterica (C. L. Koch, 1838) (type) — Italy, Croatia, North Macedonia
- Brachythele incerta Ausserer, 1871 — Cyprus
- Brachythele kosovarica Geci & Sherwood, 2025 — Kosovo
- Brachythele langourovi Lazarov, 2005 — Bulgaria
- Brachythele media Kulczyński, 1897 — Slovenia, Croatia, Albania
- Brachythele rhodopensis (Dimitrov & Zonstein, 2022) — Bulgaria
- Brachythele speculatrix Kulczyński, 1897 — SE Europe (Balkans)
- Brachythele varrialei (Dalmas, 1920) — Eastern Europe
- Brachythele zonsteini (Özkütük, Yağmur, Elverici, Gücel, Altunsoy & Kunt, 2022) — Turkey
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Nemesiidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2026-06-28.