The distribution of the funnel-web spider genus Macrothele was studied in the Ryukyu Islands and northern Taiwan. Six species are recognized, three of which are only known from Taiwan {Macrothele holsti Pocock, 1901, M. simplicala (Saito, 1933), and M. taiwanensis sp. n.). Three new species are described from Amami-oshima and Tokunoshima in the northern Ryukyus (M amamiensis sp. n.) and from Ishigaki and Iriomote of the Yaeyama Islands (M. yaginumai sp. n. and M. gigas sp. n.).
-Following seven new species of the genus Coelotes from the Amami and the Tokara Islands in the Ryukyus are described: Coelotes oshimaensis, C. tokunoshimaensis, C tokaraensis, C insulanus, C. nasensis, C. akakinaensis, C. kakeromaensis.
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