Heptathela

Heptathela (ex Graeco hepta 'septem', ad numerum spinnerets^? spectans) est basale aranearum familiae Liphistiidarum genus, ad quod insigniter pertinet kimura-gumo, aranea a paene omnibus Iaponibus agnota. Genus in Iaponia, Sinis, et Asia Meridiorientali invenitur.

Heptathela kimurai

Animalia — Arthropoda

Classis : Arachnida
Ordo : Araneae
Subordo : Mesothelae
Familia : Liphistiidae
Genus : Heptathela
Kishida, 1923

Subdivisiones: Species

Vide commentarium.

Feminae ad 25 millimetra longae, mares aliquantulum minores sunt. Cuniculis sunt ostium ovaliforme, cui est cardo trans diametrum longum.^[1]

Species selectae recensere

Heptathela abca Ono, 1999, Vietnamia
Heptathela amamiensis Haupt, 1983, Insulae Ryukyu
Heptathela australis (Ono, 2002), Vietnamia
Heptathela bristowei Gertsch, 1967, Sinae
Heptathela ciliensis Yin, Tang & Xu, 2003, Sinae
Heptathela cipingensis (Wang, 1989), Sinae
Heptathela cucphuongensis Ono, 1999, Vietnamia
Heptathela goulouensis Yin, 2001, Sinae
Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983, Iaponia
Heptathela hunanensis Song & Haupt, 1984, Sinae
Heptathela jianganensis Chen et al., 1988, Sinae
Heptathela kanenoi Ono, 1996, Insulae Ryukyu
Heptathela kikuyai Ono, 1998, Iaponia
Heptathela kimurai (Kishida, 1920), Iaponia (kimura-gumo)
- Heptathela kimurai yanbaruensis Haupt, 1983, Okinava
Heptathela luotianensis Yin et al., 2002, Sinae
Heptathela mangshan Bao, Yin & Xu, 2003, Sinae
Heptathela nishikawai Ono, 1998, Iaponia
Heptathela nui Schwendinger & Ono, 2011 — Vietnam^[2]
Heptathela shei Xu & Yin, 2001, Sinae
Heptathela suoxiyuensis Yin, Tang & Xu, 2003, Sinae
Heptathela tomokunii Ono, 1997, Vietnamia
Heptathela wosanensis Wang & Jiao, 1995, Sinae
Heptathela xianningensis Yin et al., 2002, Sinae
Heptathela yaginumai Ono, 1998, Iaponia
Heptathela yakushimaensis Ono, 1998, Iaponia
Heptathela yunnanensis Song & Haupt, 1984, Sinae

↑ Murphy & Murphy 2000
↑ Schwendinger, P. J.; Ono, H. 2011: On two Heptathela species from southern Vietnam, with a discussion of copulatory organs and systematics of the Liphistiidae (Araneae: Mesothelae). Revue suisse de zoologie, 118(4): 599-637. Abstractum.

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, et John Murphy. 2000. An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Platnick, Norman I. 2008. The world spider catalog, versio8.5, research.amnh.org (American Museum of Natural History)

Vide "Heptathelam" apud Vicispecies.

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