Heptathela

Taxobox
name = "Heptathela"


image_caption = "Heptathela kimurai"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Mesothelae
familia = Liphistiidae
genus = "Heptathela"
genus_authority = Kishida, 1923
diversity_link = List of Liphistiidae species#Heptathela
diversity = 25 species
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =see text

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

Females are up to 25 mm long, males slightly smaller. Their burrows have an oval shaped door which is hinged across the long diameter. [Murphy & Murphy 2000]

Name

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

pecies

* "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")
** "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

References

* (1999): Spiders of the genus "Heptathela" (Araneae, Liphistiidae) from Vietnam, with notes on their natural history. "J. Arachnol." 27: 37-43. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_Congress/JoA_v27_n1/arac_27_01_0037.pdf PDF]
* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. "Malaysian Nature Society", Kuala Lumpur.
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".

External links

* [http://spider.fun.cx/okinawa/yanbarukimuragumo.htm Pictures of "H. kimurai" and its burrow]