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).

Gen. Luthela Xu & Li, 2022 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04772

N.B.: transferred from the Liphistiidae to the Heptathelidae by Li, 2022: 72; includes three former species of Sinothela Haupt, 2003 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04255] (now nomen dubium), but no information given by Xu et al., 2022 where the male of Sinothela sinensis (Bishop & Crosby, 1932) could belong to.

In synonymy:

Luthela heyangensis (Zhu & Wang, 1984, T from Sinothela) = Luthela schensiensis Schenkel, 1953 (Xu et al., 2022: 145)

Luthela xianensis (Zhu & Wang, 1983) = Luthela schensiensis Schenkel, 1953 (Song & Haupt, 1984: 447, sub Heptathela)

Luthela asuka Wei & Lin, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057926

Luthela asuka Wei & Lin in Wei, Wang & Lin, 2023: 157, f. 3A-B, G, 4A-H (Dmf) Original description

Luthela badong Xu, Yu, Liu & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053679

Luthela badong Xu et al., 2022: 137, f. 5A-I (Dmf) Original description

Luthela beijing Wei & Lin, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057927

Luthela beijing Wei & Lin in Wei, Wang & Lin, 2023: 160, f. 3C-D, H-I, 5A-F, 6A-H (Dmf) Original description

Luthela dengfeng Xu, Yu, Liu & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053680

Luthela dengfeng Xu et al., 2022: 139, f. 6A-M (Dmf) Original description

Luthela handan Xu, Yu, Liu & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053681

Luthela handan Xu et al., 2022: 141, f. 7A-G, 8A-L (Dmf) Original description

Luthela kagami Wei & Lin, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057928

Luthela kagami Wei & Lin in Wei, Wang & Lin, 2023: 164, f. 3E-F, 7A-H (Dmf) Original description

Luthela luotianensis (Yin, Tang, Zhao & Chen, 2002) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037422

Heptathela luotianensis Yin et al., 2002: 18, f. 1-8 (Df) Original description

Sinothela luotianensis Xu et al., 2015a: 139 (T from Heptathela)

Luthela luotianensis Xu et al., 2022: 143, f. 9A-D (f, T from Sinothela)

Luthela schensiensis (Schenkel, 1953) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000021

Liphistius (Heptathele) sinensis schensiensis Schenkel, 1953b: 1, f. 1a-d (Df) Original description

Liphistius schensiensis Gertsch, 1967b: 115 (elevated to species)

Heptathela sinensis schensiensis Haupt, 1983: 285, f. 9d (f, T from Liphistius, returned to subspecies)

Heptathela xianensis Zhu & Wang, 1983a: 131, f. 1-7 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057929]

Liphistius heyangensis Zhu & Wang, 1984: 251, f. 1-7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000007]

Heptathela schensiensis Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984: 4 (T from Liphistius)

Heptathela schensiensis Song & Haupt, 1984: 447, f. 1c-d, 2b, 2d, 3b (mf, elevated to species, S of Heptathela xianensis)

Heptathela xianensis Wang & Zhu, 1984: 403, f. 1-7 (Df)

Heptathela heyangensis Platnick, 1989b: 57 (T from Liphistius)

Heptathela schensiensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 33, f. 15E, L-M (mf)

Abcathela heyangensis Ono, 2000: 150 (T from Heptathela; N.B.: genus not accepted by Platnick in his online catalogs)

Abcathela schensiensis Ono, 2000: 150 (T from Heptathela; N.B.: genus not accepted by Platnick in his online catalogs)

Sinothela heyangensis Haupt, 2003: 71

Sinothela schensiensis Haupt, 2003: 71, f. 62E (m)

Sinothela heyangensis Xu et al., 2015a: 139 (T from Heptathela)

Sinothela schensiensis Xu et al., 2015a: 139 (T from Heptathela)

Luthela schensiensis Xu et al., 2022: 145, 1, 10A-K, 11A-P (mf, T from Sinothela, S of Sinothela heyangensis)

Luthela taian Xu, Yu, Liu & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053682

Luthela taian Xu et al., 2022: 149, f. 12A-G, 13A-L (Dmf) Original description

Luthela yiyuan Xu, Yu, Liu & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053678

Sinothela sinensis Xu et al., 2015a: 139, f. 35-39 (mf; misidentified per Xu et al., 2022: 135)

Luthela yiyuan Xu et al., 2022: 135, f. 3A-K, 4A-T (Dmf) Original description

Luthela yuncheng Xu, Yu, Liu & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053683

Luthela yuncheng Xu et al., 2022: 150, f. 14A-M (Dmf) Original description