Ganthela

Ganthela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mesothelae
Family:	Heptathelidae
Genus:	Ganthela ; Kuntner
Type species
	Ganthela yundingensis ;
Species
	7, see text

Last updated October 10, 2025

Ganthela is a genus of spiders in the family Heptathelidae.^[2] It was first described in 2015 by Xu & Kuntner. As of 2017^[update], it contains 7 species, all of them from China.^[1]

Species

Ganthela comprises the following species:^[1]

Ganthela cipingensis (Wang, 1989)
Ganthela jianensis Xu, Kuntner & Chen, 2015
Ganthela qingyuanensis Xu, Kuntner & Liu, 2015
Ganthela venus Xu, 2015
Ganthela wangjiangensis Xu, Kuntner & Liu, 2015
Ganthela xianyouensis Xu, Kuntner & Chen, 2015
Ganthela yundingensis Xu, 2015

References

1 2 3 "Gen. Ganthela Xu & Kuntner, 2015". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
↑ "Family Heptathelidae Kishida, 1923 (genus list)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Archived from the original on 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2023-12-14.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 3 "Gen. Ganthela Xu & Kuntner, 2015". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

[2] "Family Heptathelidae Kishida, 1923 (genus list)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Archived from the original on 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2023-12-14.

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