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

Gen. Vinathela Ono, 2000 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04256 ]
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: 141, contra Haupt, 2003: 91; considered a senior synonym of Abcathela Ono, 2000: 149 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04615] (type Heptathela abca Ono, 1999) and Nanthela Haupt, 2003: 69 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03546] (type Liphistius tonkinensis Bristowe, 1933) by Xu et al., 2015: 141, contra Schwendinger & Ono, 2011: 601 and Haupt, 2003: 91.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2024-06-06
Described in
Ono, 2000: 150 (type Heptathela cucphuongensis Ono, 1999; gender feminine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
8accepted
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
2024-06-06 Genus transferred to other family Sivayyapram et al., 2024b Vinathela Ono, 2000 transferred to Liphistiidae
2022-05-25 Genus transferred to other family Li, 2022 Vinathela Ono, 2000 transferred to Heptathelidae
2015-05-04 Genus synonymy Xu et al., 2015a Nanthela synonymized with Vinathela
2015-05-04 Genus synonymy Xu et al., 2015a Abcathela synonymized with Vinathela
2015-05-04 Genus updated Xu et al., 2015a Removed synonymy (Old value)