Vinathela

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Mesothelae

Familia: Liphistiidae
Genus: Vinathela
Species: V. abca – V. cucphuongensis – V. hongkong – V. hunanensis – V. nahang – V. nenglianggu – V. tomokunii – V. tonkinensis
Name

Vinathela Ono, 2000:

Type species: Heptathela cucphuongensis Ono, 1999, by original designation

gender: feminine
Synonymy

Abcathela Ono, 2000 (synonymized by Xu et al., 2015a: 141)
Type species: Heptathela abca Ono, 1999
Nanthela Haupt, 2003 (synonymized by Xu et al., 2015a: 141)
Type species: Liphistius tonkinensis Bristowe, 1933

References

Schwendinger, P.J & Ono, H. 2011. On two Heptathela species from southern Vietnam, with a discussion of copulatory organs and systematics of the Liphistiidae (Araneae: Mesothelae). Revue suisse de zoologie 118(4): 599–637. BHL Reference page. [see p. 601]

Vinathela is a genus of spiders in the family Liphistiidae. It was first described in 2000 by Ono. As of 2017, it contains 7 species. Two species were formerly placed in the genus Nanthela, now submerged into Vinathela.[1]
Species

Vinathela comprises the following species:[1]

Vinathela abca (Ono, 1999) - Vietnam
Vinathela cucphuongensis (Ono, 1999) - Vietnam
Vinathela hongkong (Song & Wu, 1997) - Hong Kong
Vinathela hunanensis (Song & Haupt, 1984) - China
Vinathela nahang Logunov & Vahtera, 2017 - Vietnam
Vinathela tomokunii (Ono, 1997) - Vietnam
Vinathela tonkinensis (Bristowe, 1933) - Vietnam

References

"Liphistiidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.