Heptathela
Heptathela | |
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Heptathela kimurai | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Suborder: | Mesothelae |
Family: | Liphistiidae |
Genus: | Heptathela Kishida, 1923[1] |
Species | |
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Diversity[1] | |
10 species |
Heptathela is a genus of spiders that includes the Kimura spider (Heptathela kimurai). They are trapdoor spiders of the family Liphistiidae and are found in Japan, including Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands.[1] Spiders of this genus lack venom glands.[2]
Females are up to 25 mm long, males slightly smaller. Burrows have an oval shaped door which is hinged across the long diameter.[3]
Name[]
The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek hepta "seven", referring to the number of spinneret glands.
Species[]
As of April 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Xu, Ono, Kuntner, Liu & Li, 2019 – Ryukyu Is.
- Haupt, 1983 – Ryukyu Is.
- Xu, Ono, Kuntner, Liu & Li, 2019 – Ryukyu Is.
- Xu, Ono, Kuntner, Liu & Li, 2019 – Ryukyu Is.
- Tanikawa & Miyashita, 2014 (synonym H. yaginumai Ono, 1998) – Japan
- Haupt, 1983 – Japan
- Ono, 1996 – Ryukyu Is.
- Ono, 1998 – Japan
- Heptathela kimurai (Kishida, 1920) (type species) – Japan
- Xu et al., 2019 – Ryukyu Is.
- Xu et al., 2019 – Ryukyu Is.
- Xu et al., 2019 – Ryukyu Is.
- Xu et al., 2019 – Ryukyu Is.
- Xu et al., 2019 – Ryukyu Is.
- Xu et al., 2019 – Ryukyu Is.
- Xu et al., 2019 – Ryukyu Is.
- Xu et al., 2019 – Ryukyu Is.
- Xu et al., 2019 – Ryukyu Is.
- Ono, 1998 – Japan
- Ono, 1998 – Japan
- Haupt, 1983 – Okinawa
Many of the species formerly placed in this genus have been transferred to other genera in the family Liphistiidae, including Sinothela, Songthela and Vinathela.[1]
Social reference[]
This is the genus of spider referenced by Vincent Price in the introduction to Alice Cooper's The Black Widow on his Welcome to my Nightmare album.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Gen. Heptathela Kishida, 1923". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ Forster, R. R. & Platnick, N. I. (1984). "A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives, with notes on the limits of the superfamily Palpimanoidea (Arachnida, Araneae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 178: 1–106. hdl:2246/991. Full text at "A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-13. (60 MB)
- ^ Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. ISBN 978-983-9681-17-8.
External links[]
Data related to Heptathela at Wikispecies
- Pictures of H. kimurai and its burrow
- Liphistiidae
- Spiders of Asia
- Mesothelae genera
- Taxa named by Kyukichi Kishida