World Spider Catalog

Liphistiidae Thorell, 1869

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: this spelling (not Lipistiidae) on the Official List of Family and Generic Names in Zoology; considered a senior synonym of Heptathelidae Kishida, 1923: 242 by Raven, 1985a: 16, confirmed by Breitling, 2022a: 3 and Sivayyapram et al., 2024b: 254 (by majority vote of the WSC boards), rejecting Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 149, Haupt, 1983: 289, Li, 2022: 72 and Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 485, f. 5; Kishida, 1923: 242 erected the subfamily Anadiasthothelinae, which became a synonym of Liphistiidae by the synonymy of the type genus Anadiastothele Simon, 1903 with Liphistius Schiødte, 1849 by Bristowe, 1933a: 1030 (by transfer of the type species).

In synonymy:

Abcathela Ono, 2000 = Vinathela Ono, 2000 (Xu et al., 2015a: 141)

Nanthela Haupt, 2003 = Vinathela Ono, 2000 (Xu et al., 2015a: 141)

Gen. Vinathela Ono, 2000 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04256

N.B.: transferred from the Liphistiidae to the Heptathelidae by Li, 2022: 72; removed from the synonymy of Heptathela Kishida, 1923 by Xu et al., 2015: 141, contra Haupt, 2003: 91; considered a senior synonym of Abcathela Ono, 2000: 149 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04615] (type Heptathela abca Ono, 1999) and Nanthela Haupt, 2003: 69 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03546] (type Liphistius tonkinensis Bristowe, 1933) by Xu et al., 2015: 141, contra Schwendinger & Ono, 2011: 601 and Haupt, 2003: 91.

Vinathela abca (Ono, 1999) | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000001

Heptathela abca Ono, 1999: 37, f. 2-6, 12 (Df) Original description

Abcathela abca Ono, 2000: 150

Vinathela abca Xu et al., 2015a: 142, f. 54-55 (f, T from Heptathela)

Vinathela abca Logunov & Vahtera, 2017: 229, f. 17-19 (Dm)

Vinathela cucphuongensis (Ono, 1999) | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000005

Heptathela cucphuongensis Ono, 1999: 38, f. 7-9, 17 (Df) Original description

Vinathela cucphuongensis Ono, 2000: 150

Vinathela cucphuongensis Xu et al., 2015a: 142, f. 49-53 (Dm, f, T from Heptathela)

Vinathela hongkong (Song & Wu, 1997) | | China (Hong Kong) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000009

Heptathela hongkong Song & Wu, 1997: 1, f. 1A-C (Dm) Original description

Heptathela hongkong Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 33, f. 11A, 15J-K (m)

Vinathela hongkong Ono, 2000: 150

Nanthela hongkong Haupt, 2003: 69, f. 51C-E (m, T from Heptathela)

Vinathela hongkong Xu et al., 2015a: 142 (T from Heptathela)

Vinathela hunanensis (Song & Haupt, 1984) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000010

Heptathela hunanensis Song & Haupt, 1984: 449, f. 3e (Df) Original description

Heptathela hunanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 33, f. 15D (f)

Vinathela hunanensis Ono, 2000: 150

Heptathela hunanensis Yin et al., 2012: 115, f. 3a-c (f)

Vinathela hunanensis Xu et al., 2015a: 142 (T from Heptathela)

Vinathela nahang Logunov & Vahtera, 2017 | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049430

Vinathela nahang Logunov & Vahtera, 2017: 230, f. 1-16, 20-29 (Dm) Original description

Vinathela nenglianggu Li, Liu & Xu, 2019 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051464

Vinathela nenglianggu Li, Liu & Xu, 2019: 149, f. 3A-D, 7A-K (Dmf) Original description

Vinathela tomokunii (Ono, 1997) | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000025

Heptathela tomokunii Ono, 1997a: 24, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Heptathela tomokunii Schwendinger & Ono, 2011: 613, f. 39-43 (mf)

Vinathela tomokunii Xu et al., 2015a: 142 (T from Heptathela)

Vinathela tonkinensis (Bristowe, 1933) | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000026

Liphistius birmanicus Simon, 1909e: 70 (m, misidentified per Bristowe, 1933a: 1019, 1939)

Liphistius birmanicus Berland, 1932b: 323, f. 442-443 (m, misidentified)

Liphistius tonkinensis Bristowe, 1933a: 1022, 1027, f. 8f (Dm) Original description

Heptathela tonkinensis Haupt, 1983: 284, f. 8a-b, 8d, 13e (m, T from Liphistius)

Heptathela tonkinensis Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984: 3 (T from Liphistius)

Vinathela tonkingensis Ono, 2000: 150 (T from Heptathela)

Nanthela tonkinensis Haupt, 2003: 69, f. 51A-B, 62C (m, T from Vinathela)

Heptathela tonkinensis Schwendinger & Ono, 2011: 611, f. 34-38 (m)

Vinathela tonkinensis Xu et al., 2015a: 142 (T from Heptathela)