Heptathela higoensis

Heptathela higoensis
Tentative photo of Heptathela higoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mesothelae
Family: Liphistiidae
Subfamily: Heptathelinae
Genus: Heptathela
Species:
H. higoensis
Binomial name
Heptathela higoensis
Haupt, 1983

Heptathela higoensis is a species of spider that is native to Kyushu island, Japan.[1][2]

Description

Both male and female members of this species have a carapace that are yellow-brown while the opisthosoma is light brown with dark brown tergites close to each other. They have 7-8 spinnerets.[2]

References

  1. ^ Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  2. ^ a b Xu, Xin; Ono, Hirotsugu; Kuntner, Matjaž; Liu, Fengxiang; Li, Daiqin (2019-11-11). "A taxonomic monograph of the liphistiid spider genus Heptathela, endemic to Japanese islands". ZooKeys (888): 1–50. Bibcode:2019ZooK..888....1X. doi:10.3897/zookeys.888.34494. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6861337. PMID 31754317.