Heptathela
Heptathela (ex Graeco hepta 'septem', ad numerum spinnerets spectans) est basale aranearum familiae Liphistiidarum genus, ad quod insigniter pertinet kimura-gumo, aranea a paene omnibus Iaponibus agnota. Genus in Iaponia, Sinis, et Asia Meridiorientali invenitur.

Feminae ad 25 millimetra longae, mares aliquantulum minores sunt. Cuniculis sunt ostium ovaliforme, cui est cardo trans diametrum longum.

Species selectae
 Heptathela abca Ono, 1999, Vietnamia
 Heptathela amamiensis Haupt, 1983, Insulae Ryukyu
 Heptathela australis (Ono, 2002), Vietnamia
 Heptathela bristowei Gertsch, 1967, Sinae
 Heptathela ciliensis Yin, Tang & Xu, 2003, Sinae
 Heptathela cipingensis (Wang, 1989), Sinae
 Heptathela cucphuongensis Ono, 1999, Vietnamia
 Heptathela goulouensis Yin, 2001, Sinae
 Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983, Iaponia
 Heptathela hunanensis Song & Haupt, 1984, Sinae
 Heptathela jianganensis Chen et al., 1988, Sinae
 Heptathela kanenoi Ono, 1996, Insulae Ryukyu
 Heptathela kikuyai Ono, 1998, Iaponia
 Heptathela kimurai (Kishida, 1920), Iaponia (kimura-gumo)
 Heptathela kimurai yanbaruensis Haupt, 1983, Okinava
 Heptathela luotianensis Yin et al., 2002, Sinae
 Heptathela mangshan Bao, Yin & Xu, 2003, Sinae
 Heptathela nishikawai Ono, 1998, Iaponia
 Heptathela nui Schwendinger & Ono, 2011 — Vietnam
 Heptathela shei Xu & Yin, 2001, Sinae
 Heptathela suoxiyuensis Yin, Tang & Xu, 2003, Sinae
 Heptathela tomokunii Ono, 1997, Vietnamia
 Heptathela wosanensis Wang & Jiao, 1995, Sinae
 Heptathela xianningensis Yin et al., 2002, Sinae
 Heptathela yaginumai Ono, 1998, Iaponia
 Heptathela yakushimaensis Ono, 1998, Iaponia
 Heptathela yunnanensis Song & Haupt, 1984, Sinae

Notae

Bibliographia
Ono, Hirotsugu. 1999. Spiders of the genus Heptathela (Araneae, Liphistiidae) from Vietnam, with notes on their natural history. J. Arachnol. 27: 37-43. PDF
Murphy, Frances, et John Murphy. 2000. An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Platnick, Norman I. 2008. The world spider catalog, versio8.5, research.amnh.org (American Museum of Natural History)

Nexus externi

 Imagines H. kimurai et eius cuniculi, spider.fun.cx

Araneae Asiae
Mesothelae
Taxa Kishida
Taxa 1923