Heptathela

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Mesothelae
Familia: Liphistiidae
Genus: Heptathela
Species: H. abca - H. amamiensis - H. australis - H. bristowei - H. ciliensis - H. cipingensis - H. cucphuongensis - H. goulouensis - H. higoensis - H. hunanensis - H. jianganensis - H. kanenoi - H. kikuyai - H. kimurai - H. luotianensis - H. mangshan - H. nishikawai - H. shei - H. suoxiyuensis - H. tomokunii - H. wosanensis - H. xianningensis - H. yaginumai - H. yakushimaensis - H. yunnanensis

Name

Heptathela Kishida, 1923

Type species: Liphistius kimurai Kishida, 1920

Synonyms

* Abcathela Ono, 2000
* Vinathela Ono, 2000

References

* Kishida, K. 1920. [Occurrence of a liphistiid spider in Japan]. Zoological Magazine Tokyo 32: 360-363. (In Japanese)
* Kishida, K. 1923. Heptathela, a new genus of liphistiid spiders. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonensis 10: 235-242.

Heptathela is a genus of spiders that includes the Kimura-gumo. They are basal trapdoor spiders of the family Liphistiidae and are found in Japan, China, and Southeast Asia.

Females are up to 25 mm long, males slightly smaller. Burrows have an oval shaped door which is hinged across the long diameter.[1]

Name

The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek hepta "seven", referring to the number of spinneret glands.
Species

* Heptathela abca Ono, 1999 — Vietnam
* Heptathela amamiensis Haupt, 1983 — Ryukyu Islands
* Heptathela australis (Ono, 2002) — Vietnam
* Heptathela bristowei Gertsch, 1967 — China
* Heptathela ciliensis Yin, Tang & Xu, 2003 — China
* Heptathela cipingensis (Wang, 1989) — China
* Heptathela cucphuongensis Ono, 1999 — Vietnam
* Heptathela goulouensis Yin, 2001 — China
* Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 — Japan
* Heptathela hunanensis Song & Haupt, 1984 — China
* Heptathela jianganensis Chen et al., 1988 — China
* Heptathela kanenoi Ono, 1996 — Ryukyu Is.
* Heptathela kikuyai Ono, 1998 — Japan
* Heptathela kimurai (Kishida, 1920) — Japan ("kimura-gumo")
o Heptathela kimurai yanbaruensis Haupt, 1983 — Okinawa
* Heptathela luotianensis Yin et al., 2002 — China
* Heptathela mangshan Bao, Yin & Xu, 2003 — China
* Heptathela nishikawai Ono, 1998 — Japan
* Heptathela shei Xu & Yin, 2001 — China
* Heptathela suoxiyuensis Yin, Tang & Xu, 2003 — China
* Heptathela tomokunii Ono, 1997 — Vietnam
* Heptathela wosanensis Wang & Jiao, 1995 — China
* Heptathela xianningensis Yin et al., 2002 — China
* Heptathela yaginumai Ono, 1998 — Japan
* Heptathela yakushimaensis Ono, 1998 — Japan
* Heptathela yunnanensis Song & Haupt, 1984 — China

Footnotes

1. ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000

References

* Ono, Hirotsugu (1999): Spiders of the genus Heptathela (Araneae, Liphistiidae) from Vietnam, with notes on their natural history. J. Arachnol. 27: 37-43. PDF
* Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
* Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.