Heptathela Kishida, 1923

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: transferred from the Liphistiidae to the Heptathelidae by Li, 2022: 72; not a senior synonym of Ryuthela Haupt, 1983 (Haupt, 2003: 91, contra Raven, 1985a: 16), not a senior synonym of Abcathela Ono, 2000: 149 and Vinathela Ono, 2000: 150 (Xu et al., 2015: 141, contra Haupt, 2003: 91), and not a a senior synonym of Songthela Ono, 2000: 150, Nanthela Haupt, 2003: 69 and Sinothela Haupt, 2003: 69 (Xu et al., 2015: 139, 140, 141, contra  Schwendinger & Ono, 2011: 601) (the latter genus had been placed as a junior synonym of Songthela in an earlier version of this catalog).

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Last updated: 2024-06-06

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 20

SYNONYM: 2

NOMEN NUDUM: 1

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Kishida, 1923: 235 type Liphistius kimurai Kishida, 1920; gender feminine
Reference

Kishida, K. (1923). Heptathela, a new genus of liphistiid spiders. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 10: 235-242. -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2024-06-06 Genus transferred to other family Sivayyapram et al., 2024b Heptathela Kishida, 1923 transferred to Liphistiidae
2024-02-08 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-05-25 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-05-25 Genus transferred to other family Li, 2022 Heptathela Kishida, 1923 transferred to Heptathelidae
2015-05-04 Nota bene edited Old value

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