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| Vinathela | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Mesothelae |
| Family: | Liphistiidae |
| Subfamily: | Heptathelinae |
| Genus: | Vinathela Ono, 2000[1] |
| Type species | |
| Vinathela cucphuongensis | |
| Species | |
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Vinathela is a genus of spiders in the subfamily Heptathelinae,[2] family Liphistiidae.[1] It was first described in 2000. As of November 2025[update], it contained eight species. Two species were formerly placed in the genus Nanthela, now submerged into Vinathela.[1]
Species
[edit]As of November 2025[update], Vinathela comprised 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 nenglianggu Li, Liu & Xu, 2019 - China
- Vinathela tomokunii (Ono, 1997) - Vietnam
- Vinathela tonkinensis (Bristowe, 1933) - Vietnam
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Vinathela Ono, 2000". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
- ↑ Sivayyapram, Varat; Kunsete, Chawakorn; Xu, Xin; Smith, Deborah R.; Traiyasut, Prapun; Deowanish, Sureerat; Li, Daiqin & Warrit, Natapot (2024). "Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and species delimitation of segmented spider genus Liphistius (Araneae: Liphistiidae) in Thailand". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201 (2): 339–357. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad149.