Heptathela kikuyai Ono, 1998

Schwendinger, Peter J. & Ono, Hirotsugu, 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), pp. 599-637 : 613-615

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scientific name	Heptathela kikuyai Ono, 1998
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Heptathela kikuyai Ono, 1998 Figs 44-45

Heptathela kikuyai Ono, 1998: 16-19 , figs 11-16 (description of male and female).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: NSMT-Ar 8718; 1 male; Japan, Kyushu Island, Oita Prefecture, Hita-shi ; 15.X.2006; leg. T. Irie. – NSMT-Ar 3545; 2 females; Kyushu Island, Miyazaki Prefecture, Nishi-ushuki-gun, Takachiho-cho ; 8.-14.IX.1996; leg. H. Ono.

DISTRIBUTION: Known from several localities in the northwestern part of

Kyushu Island, Japan.

FIGS 39-43

Heptathela tomokunii Ono, 1997 , male holotype (39-41) and female paratype (42-43). (39) Distal part of left palp, prolateral view. (40) Left palpal organ, ventral view. (41) Marginal and terminal apophysis of tegulum of left palp, ventral view. (42) Vulva, dorsal view; dorsal and lateral walls of genital atrium not shown. (43) Bursa copulatrix, dorsal view. R= receptacle; other abbreviations as in Figs 1-20. Scale lines 1.0 mm.

Heptathela kimurai ( Kishida, 1920) Figs 46-47 Liphistius kimurai Kishida, 1920: 362 , fig. 1 (description of male and female); type species of

Heptathela . For a complete synonymy, see Platnick (2011).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: NSMT-Ar 3549; 1 male; Japan, Kyushu Island , Kagoshima-shi; 7.XI.1970; leg. K. Tanaka. – NSMT-Ar 8717; 1 female; Kyushu Island, Kagoshima-shi, Shiroyama; 25.XI.1997; leg. H. Ono.

DISTRIBUTION: Known from several localities in the southern part of Kyushu

Island, Japan.

FIGS 44-50

Heptathela kikuyai Ono, 1998 , male (44-45); Heptathela kimurai ( Kishida, 1920) , male (46-47); Ryuthela owadai Ono, 1997 , male holotype (48-50). (44, 46, 49) Left cymbium, prolateral view. (45, 47, 50) Left palpal organ (45 and 47 slightly expanded), ventral view. (48) Same, retrolateral view. CS = contrategular spine; other abbreviations as in Figs 1-15. Scale lines 1.0 mm.