Macarophaeus

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon=Macarophaeus

|authority=Wunderlich, 2011

|type_species=M. varius

|type_species_authority=(Simon, 1893)

|subdivision_ranks=Species

|subdivision={{Specieslist

|M. cultior|(Kulczyński, 1899) – Canary Is., Madeira

|M. insignis|Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Is.

|M. varius|(Simon, 1893) – Canary Is.}}

}}

Macarophaeus is a genus of European ground spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2011.{{cite journal|last=Wunderlich|first=J.|year=2011|title=Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae).|journal=Beiträge zur Araneologie|pages=1–640|volume=6}} {{as of|2019|05}} it contains only three species: M. cultior, M. insignis, and M. varius.{{cite web|title=Gen. Macarophaeus Wunderlich, 2011|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|accessdate=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/955|doi=10.24436/2}}