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Liphistiidae
The spider family Liphistiidae, recognized by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869, comprises 8 genera and about 100 species of medium-sized spiders from Southeast Asia, China, and Japan. They are among the most basal living spiders, belonging to the suborder Mesothelae. In Japan, the Kimura spider (''Heptathela kimurai'') is well known. Biology Liphistiidae are tube-dwelling spiders that construct rudimentary trap-doors. They spend most of their time here and are rarely seen above ground. The medium to large spiders range from long. They are characterized by their downward pointing, daggerlike chelicerae, and the segmented series of plates on the upper surface of the abdomen. The carapace is mostly flat, though it can be slightly elevated near the head. The eyes are distinctly clustered together on a single nodule. Anterior median eyes are small, but posterior median eyes are large and round. The lateral eyes are long and kidney-shaped. The distal leg segments have strong spines and thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms. Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except for Antarctica, and have become established in nearly every land habitat. , 50,356 spider species in 132 families have been recorded by taxonomists. However, there has been debate among scientists about how families should be classified, with over 20 different classifications proposed since 1900. Anatomically, spiders (as with all arachnids) differ from other arthropods in that the usual body segments are fused into two tagmata, the cephalothorax or prosoma, and the opisthosoma, or abdomen, and joined by a small, cylindrical pedicel, however, as there is currently neither paleontological nor embryological evidence that spiders ever had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Liphistiidae Species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Liphistiidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : ''Ganthela'' '' Ganthela'' Xu & Kuntner, 2015 * '' G. cipingensis'' (Wang, 1989) — China * '' G. jianensis'' Xu, Kuntner & Chen, 2015 — China * '' G. qingyuanensis'' Xu, Kuntner & Liu, 2015 — China * '' G. venus'' Xu, 2015 — China * '' G. wangjiangensis'' Xu, Kuntner & Liu, 2015 — China * '' G. xianyouensis'' Xu, Kuntner & Chen, 2015 — China * '' G. yundingensis'' Xu, 2015 ( type) — China ''Heptathela'' ''Heptathela'' Kishida, 1923 * '' H. aha'' Xu, Ono, Kuntner, Liu & Li, 2019 — Japan (Ryukyu Is.) * '' H. amamiensis'' Haupt, 1983 — Japan (Ryukyu Is.) * '' H. crypta'' Xu, Ono, Kuntner, Liu & Li, 2019 — Japan (Ryukyu Is.) * '' H. gayozan'' Xu, Ono, Kuntner, Liu & Li, 2019 — Japan (Ryukyu Is.) * '' H. helios'' Tanikawa & Miyashita, 2014 — Japan (Ryukyu Is.) * '' H. higoensis'' Haupt, 1983 — Japan * '' H. kanenoi'' Ono, 1996 — Japan (Ryukyu Is. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qiongthela
''Qiongthela'' is a genus of spiders in the family Liphistiidae. , it contains 14 species.Yu, L., Liu, F. X., Zhang, Z. T., Li, D. Q. & Xu, X. (2021). Three new species of the segmented spider genus Qiongthela (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 1009: 123-138. Taxonomy ''Qiongthela'' gets its name from "Qiong-" referring to Hainan Province, China (where some species of this genus are found). "-thela" comes from the Ancient Greek "''θηλη''" meaning "nipple-like protuberance", referring to the spinnerets. This "-thela" suffix is a tradition for heptatheline genera.Xu, X., Liu, F. X., Chen, J., Ono, H., Li, D. Q. & Kuntner, M. (2015a). A genus-level taxonomic review of primitively segmented spiders (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys 488: 121-151. Description ''Qiongthela'' ranges in size from 13-31mm in length (excluding the chelicerae). The male's palp has a long, blade-like conductor with a slightly hook-like apex. The tegulum has two margins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinathela
''Vinathela'' is a genus of spiders in the family Liphistiidae. It was first described in 2000 by Ono. , it contains 7 species. Two species were formerly placed in the genus ''Nanthela'', now submerged into ''Vinathela''. Species ''Vinathela'' comprises the following species: *''Vinathela abca'' (Ono, 1999) - Vietnam *''Vinathela cucphuongensis'' (Ono, 1999) - Vietnam *''Vinathela hongkong'' (Song & Wu, 1997) - Hong Kong *''Vinathela hunanensis'' (Song & Haupt, 1984) - China *''Vinathela nahang'' Logunov & Vahtera, 2017 - Vietnam *''Vinathela tomokunii'' (Ono, 1997) - Vietnam *''Vinathela tonkinensis ''Vinathela'' is a genus of spiders in the family Liphistiidae. It was first described in 2000 by Ono. , it contains 7 species. Two species were formerly placed in the genus ''Nanthela'', now submerged into ''Vinathela''. Species ''Vinathela'' ...'' (Bristowe, 1933) - Vietnam References Liphistiidae Mesothelae genera Spiders of Asia {{Spider-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganthela
''Ganthela'' is a genus of spiders in the family Liphistiidae The spider family Liphistiidae, recognized by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869, comprises 8 genera and about 100 species of medium-sized spiders from Southeast Asia, China, and Japan. They are among the most basal living spiders, belonging to the subord .... It was first described in 2015 by Xu & Kuntner. , it contains 7 species, all of them from China. Species ''Ganthela'' comprises the following species: *'' Ganthela cipingensis'' (Wang, 1989) *'' Ganthela jianensis'' Xu, Kuntner & Chen, 2015 *'' Ganthela qingyuanensis'' Xu, Kuntner & Liu, 2015 *'' Ganthela venus'' Xu, 2015 *'' Ganthela wangjiangensis'' Xu, Kuntner & Liu, 2015 *'' Ganthela xianyouensis'' Xu, Kuntner & Chen, 2015 *'' Ganthela yundingensis'' Xu, 2015 References Liphistiidae Mesothelae genera Spiders of China {{Spider-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesothelae
The Mesothelae are a suborder of spiders (order Araneae) that includes a single extant family, Liphistiidae, and a number of extinct families. This suborder is thought to form the sister group to all other living spiders, and to retain ancestral characters, such as a segmented abdomen with spinnerets in the middle and two pairs of book lungs. Members of Liphistiidae are medium to large spiders with eight eyes grouped on a tubercle. They are found only in China, Japan, and southeast Asia. The oldest known Mesothelae spiders are known from the Carboniferous, over 300 million years ago. The Heptathelidae were once considered their own family; today they are considered a subfamily of the Liphistiidae. Description Members of Mesothelae have paraxial chelicerae, two pairs of coxal glands on the legs, eight eyes grouped on a nodule, two pairs of book lungs, and no endites on the base of the pedipalp. Most have at least seven or eight spinnerets near the middle of the abdomen. Lateral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songthela
''Songthela'' is a spider genus in the family Liphistiidae with species found in China and Vietnam. Species list it contains twenty-three species: *'' Songthela bristowei'' (Gertsch, 1967) — China *'' Songthela ciliensis'' (Yin, Tang & Xu, 2003) — China *''Songthela goulouensis'' (Yin, 2001) — China *'' Songthela hangzhouensis'' (Chen, Zhang & Zhu, 1981) — China *'' Songthela huangyang'' Li, Liu, Li & Xu, 2020 — China *'' Songthela jianganensis'' (Chen, Gao, Zhu & Luo, 1988) — China *'' Songthela jinyun'' Chen, Liu, Li & Xu, 2022 — China *'' Songthela liui'' Chen, Li, Li & Xu, 2021 — China *''Songthela longbao'' Chen, Liu, Li & Xu, 2022 — China *''Songthela mangshan'' (Bao, Yin & Xu, 2003) — China *''Songthela pluma'' Yu, Li & Zhang, 2018 — China *''Songthela pyriformis'' Li, Liu & Xu, 2019 — China *''Songthela sapana'' (Ono, 2010) — Vietnam *''Songthela serriformis'' Chen, Liu, Li & Xu, 2022 — China *''Songthela shei'' (Xu & Yin, 2001) — China *''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinothela
''Sinothela'' is a genus of spiders in the family Liphistiidae The spider family Liphistiidae, recognized by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869, comprises 8 genera and about 100 species of medium-sized spiders from Southeast Asia, China, and Japan. They are among the most basal living spiders, belonging to the subord .... It was first described in 2003 by Haupt. , it contains 4 species, all from China. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q20128387 Liphistiidae Mesothelae genera Spiders of China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryuthela
''Ryuthela'' is a spider genus in the family Liphistiidae. This genus, as well as their closest relatives, ''Heptathela'', formed when land masses from present-day Japan separated from the rest of Asia, forming islands in the late Miocene. Speciation of ''Ryuthela'' and ''Heptathela'' also occurred during this time, because of the further separation of islands, causing allopatric speciation. Species list * ''Ryuthela iheyana'' Ono, 2002 — Ryukyu Islands * ''Ryuthela ishigakiensis'' Haupt, 1983 — Ryukyu Islands * ''Ryuthela nishihirai'' (Haupt, 1979) — Okinawa * ''Ryuthela sasakii'' Ono, 1997 — Ryukyu Islands * ''Ryuthela tanikawai'' Ono, 1997 — Ryukyu Islands See also * List of Liphistiidae species This page lists all described species of the spider family Liphistiidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : ''Ganthela'' '' Ganthela'' Xu & Kuntner, 2015 * '' G. cipingensis'' (Wang, 1989) — China * '' G. jianensis'' Xu, Kuntner & Chen, 20 ... References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heptathela
''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 Island, Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands. Spiders of this genus lack venom glands. Full text at (60 MB) Females are up to 25 mm long, males slightly smaller. Burrows have an oval shaped door which is hinged across the long diameter. Name The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek ''hepta'' "seven", referring to the number of Spinneret (spider), spinneret glands. Species , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: *''Heptathela aha'' Xu, Ono, Kuntner, Liu & Li, 2019 – Ryukyu Is. *''Heptathela amamiensis'' Haupt, 1983 – Ryukyu Is. *''Heptathela crypta'' Xu, Ono, Kuntner, Liu & Li, 2019 – Ryukyu Is. *''Heptathela gayozan'' Xu, Ono, Kuntner, Liu & Li, 2019 – Ryukyu Is. *''Heptathela helios'' Tanikawa & Miyashita, 2014 (synonym ''H. yaginumai'' Ono, 1998) – Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryuthela Tanikawai
''Ryuthela tanikawai'' is a species of spider in the family Liphistiidae The spider family Liphistiidae, recognized by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869, comprises 8 genera and about 100 species of medium-sized spiders from Southeast Asia, China, and Japan. They are among the most basal living spiders, belonging to the subord .... See also * List of Liphistiidae species#Ryuthela References External links Ryuthela tanikawai ITIS Report. Ryuthela tanikawai ARCTOS Database. Ryuthela tanikawai GWannon Species Database. Liphistiidae Spiders of Asia Spiders described in 1997 {{Spider-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liphistius
''Liphistius'' is a genus of basal trapdoor spiders in the family Liphistiidae. They are found in Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. Etymology ''Liphistius'' is from the Greek ''leipo'' (lacking) and ''stios'' (equality). Biology Female body lengths range from 9 to 29 mm; males are slightly smaller. They live in burrows in earthen banks, on some cave walls, and probably in forests. The burrow is sealed with a thin, circular, woven door, which is disguised with soil and moss. While they spend the day deep inside their burrows, at night they wait just below the door for insects, woodlice, and similar invertebrates that stumble over one of the seven silken threads that radiate from the entrance. With a reluctance to leave their burrows, they push up the door and reach for their prey. Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. ''Malaysian Nature Society'', Kuala Lumpur. Species , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
