Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Liphistiidae

Subfamily Heptathelinae Kishida, 1923

Diagnosis.

In contrast to the members of the subfamily Liphistiinae, the representatives of Heptathelinae lack signal lines radiating from the burrow entrance (Figure 2d, f, h, j, l, n, p), the male palp lacks a tibial apophysis (Figures 10-12, 15-17, 20-22, 26-28, 31-33, 36-38, 41-43), and the female genitals have paired or unpaired receptacular clusters on the bursa copulatrix with or without stalks (Figures 13-14, 18-19, 25, 34-35, 39-40, 44-45).

Composition.

Ganthela Xu & Kuntner, gen. n., Heptathela Kishida, 1923, Qiongthela Xu & Kuntner, gen. n., Ryuthela Haupt, 1983, Sinothela Haupt, 2003a, Songthela Ono, 2000, and Vinathela Ono, 2000.

Distribution.

China, Japan and Vietnam.