Heptathela higoensis
| Heptathela higoensis | |
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| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983
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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
- ^ Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ^ 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.