Qiongthela Xu & Kuntner, 2015

Xu, Xin, Liu, Fengxiang, Kuntner, Matjaz & Li, Daiqin, 2017, Four new species of the primitive segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae), ZooKeys 714, pp. 1-11 : 3

Genus Qiongthela Xu & Kuntner, 2015

Type species.

Qiongthela baishensis Xu, 2015

Diagnosis.

Qiongthela males can be distinguished from all other Heptathelinae genera by the blade-like conductor narrowing to a slightly hooked apex (Fig. 2 M–O; Fig. 4 F–J), and by the tegulum with two distinct apophyses (Fig. 2 L–O; Fig. 4 F–J). The females differ from all other Heptathelinae genera by two paired receptacular clusters, all with numerous granula (e.g. Fig. 1 C–H) ( Xu et al. 2015b).

Species composition.

Q. australis (Ono, 2002), Q. nui (Schwendinger & Ono, 2011), Q. baishensis Xu, 2015, Q. bawang sp. n., Q. jianfeng sp. n., Q. yini sp. n., Q. wuzhi sp. n.

Distribution.

China (Hainan), Vietnam.