Family: Heptathelidae Kishida, 1923 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0152] Back

Gen. Songthela Ono, 2000 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03548 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Liphistiidae to the Heptathelidae by Li, 2022: 72; removed from the synonymy of Heptathela Kishida, 1923 by Xu et al., 2015: 140, contra Schwendinger & Ono, 2011: 601.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2023-03-20
Described in
Ono, 2000: 150 (type Heptathela hangzhouensis Chen, Zhang & Zhu, 1981; gender feminine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
38accepted
2synonym
Reference

Ono, H. (2000). Zoogeographic and taxonomic notes on spiders of the subfamily Heptathelinae (Araneae, Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). Memoirs of the National Science Museum Tokyo, Series A, Zoology 33: 145-151. download pdf

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2022-05-25 Genus transferred to other family Li, 2022 Songthela Ono, 2000 transferred to Heptathelidae
2015-05-04 Genus updated Xu et al., 2015a Removed synonymy (Old value)