Heptathelinae Kishida, 1923

Xu, Xin, Liu, Fengxiang, Chen, Jian, Ono, Hirotsugu, Li, Daiqin & Kuntner, Matjaz, 2015, A genus-level taxonomic review of primitively segmented spiders (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae), ZooKeys 488, pp. 121-151 : 126

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.