Heptathela

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Heptathela is a genus of spiders that includes the Kimura-gumo. They are basal trapdoor spiders of the family Liphistiidae and are found in Japan, China, and Southeast Asia.

Females are up to 25 mm long, males slightly smaller. Burrows have an oval shaped door which is hinged across the long diameter.^[1]

Name

The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek hepta "seven", referring to the number of spinneret glands.

incomplete

Heptathela abca Ono, 1999 — Vietnam
Heptathela amamiensis Haupt, 1983 — Ryukyu Islands
Heptathela australis (Ono, 2002) — Vietnam
Heptathela bristowei Gertsch, 1967 — China
Heptathela ciliensis Yin, Tang & Xu, 2003 — China
Heptathela cipingensis (Wang, 1989) — China
Heptathela cucphuongensis Ono, 1999 — Vietnam
Heptathela goulouensis Yin, 2001 — China
Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 — Japan
Heptathela hunanensis Song & Haupt, 1984 — China
Heptathela jianganensis Chen et al., 1988 — China
Heptathela kanenoi Ono, 1996 — Ryukyu Is.
Heptathela kikuyai Ono, 1998 — Japan
Heptathela kimurai (Kishida, 1920) — Japan ("kimura-gumo")
- Heptathela kimurai yanbaruensis Haupt, 1983 — Okinawa
Heptathela luotianensis Yin et al., 2002 — China
Heptathela mangshan Bao, Yin & Xu, 2003 — China
Heptathela nishikawai Ono, 1998 — Japan
Heptathela nui Schwendinger & Ono, 2011 — Vietnam^[2]
Heptathela shei Xu & Yin, 2001 — China
Heptathela suoxiyuensis Yin, Tang & Xu, 2003 — China
Heptathela tomokunii Ono, 1997 — Vietnam
Heptathela wosanensis Wang & Jiao, 1995 — China
Heptathela xianningensis Yin et al., 2002 — China
Heptathela yaginumai Ono, 1998 — Japan
Heptathela yakushimaensis Ono, 1998 — Japan
Heptathela yunnanensis Song & Haupt, 1984 — China

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.

↑ Murphy & Murphy 2000
↑ Schwendinger, P.J.; Ono, H. 2011: On two Heptathela species from southern Vietnam, with a discussion of copulatory organs and systematics of the Liphistiidae (Araneae: Mesothelae). Revue suisse de zoologie, 118(4): 599-637. abstract

Ono, Hirotsugu (1999): Spiders of the genus Heptathela (Araneae, Liphistiidae) from Vietnam, with notes on their natural history. J. Arachnol. 27: 37-43. PDF
Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.

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