Australothele
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Australothele
| authority = Raven, 1984
| type_species = A. maculata
| type_species_authority = Raven, 1984
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 7, see text
}}
Australothele is a genus of Australian spiders in the family Euagridae. It was first described by Robert Raven in 1984.{{cite journal| last=Raven| first=R. J.| year=1984| title=Systematics of the Australian curtain-web spiders (Ischnotheline: Dipluridae: Chelicerata).| journal=Australian Journal of Zoology| pages=1–102| volume=93| issue=suppl. Ser|doi=10.1071/ajzs093 }}
Species
{{as of|2019|05}} the genus contained seven species from New South Wales (NSW) or Queensland (QLD):{{cite journal| title=Gen. Australothele Raven, 1984| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-06-01| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/800| doi=10.24436/2}}
- Australothele bicuspidata Raven, 1984 – NSW
- Australothele jamiesoni Raven, 1984 – NSW, QLD
- Australothele maculata Raven, 1984 (type) – QLD
- Australothele magna Raven, 1984 – QLD
- Australothele montana Raven, 1984 – NSW
- Australothele nambucca Raven, 1984 – NSW
- Australothele nothofagi Raven, 1984 – NSW, QLD