Liphistiidae

Taxonavigation

Heptathela kimurai yanbaruensis

Taxonavigation: Mesothelae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Mesothelae

Familia: Liphistiidae
Subfamiliae (2): Heptathelinae - Liphistiinae

Overview of genera (4)

Heptathela – Liphistius – Qiongthela – Ryuthela

Unaccepted genera (5)

Abcathela – Nanthela – Sinothela – Songthela – Vinathela

Name

• Liphistiidae Thorell, 1869
  • Original spelling: Liphistioidae
  • Type genus: Liphistius Schiödte, 1849

References

Primary references

• Thorell, T. 1869: On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature. Nova acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (3), 7: 1–108. BHL [first availability, see p. 43]

selected references

• 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. BHL Reference page. 
• Xu, X., Liu, F-X., Kuntner, M. & Li, D-Q. 2017. Four new species of the primitive segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys 714: 1—11. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.714.19858. . Reference page. 

Links

• The World Spider Catalog, Version 15.5

additional links

• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog [genera only, needs update]

Vernacular names

日本語: ハラフシグモ科
中文: 节板蛛科