Family: Liphistiidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0001] Back

Gen. Ryuthela Haupt, 1983 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03547 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Liphistiidae to the Heptathelidae by Li, 2022: 72; considered a junior synonym of Heptathela Kishida, 1923 by Raven, 1985a: 163, but monophyly argued by Haupt, 2003: 91 and confirmed by Xu et al., 2017c: 884.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2024-06-06
Described in
Haupt, 1983: 286 (type Heptathela nishihirai Haupt, 1979; gender feminine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
15accepted
1synonym
Reference

Haupt, J. (1983). Vergleichende Morphologie der Genitalorgane und Phylogenie der liphistiomorphen Webspinnen (Araneae: Mesothelae). I. Revision der bisher bekannten Arten. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 21(4): 275-293. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1983.tb00296.x download pdf

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Date Type Reference Detail
2024-06-06 Genus transferred to other family Sivayyapram et al., 2024b Ryuthela Haupt, 1983 transferred to Liphistiidae
2022-05-25 Genus transferred to other family Li, 2022 Ryuthela Haupt, 1983 transferred to Heptathelidae