Ryuthela nishihirai

♀ Ryuthela nishihirai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mesothelae
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: Ryuthela
Species: Ryuthela nishihirai

Name

Ryuthela nishihirai (Haupt, 1979:356)

Type locality: Shuri, Okinawajima island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Holotype: NSMT. male ♂. 15.III.1976. NSMT-Ar 422.

Synonyms

• Heptathela nishihirai Haupt, 1979: 356 (original combination)
• Ryuthela nishihirai (Haupt): Haupt, 1983: 286

References

Primary references

• Haupt, J. 1979: Lebensweise und Sexualverhalten der mesothelen Spinne Heptathela nishihirai n. sp. (Araneae, Liphistiidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 202: 348–374. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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: 275–293. [286, f. 9g-h, 10a-b, 11b, 12b, 12e, 13g]
• 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. 616]

Vernacular names

日本語: オキナワキムラグモ

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