Ganthela yundingensis

Last updated

Ganthela yundingensis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mesothelae
Family: Heptathelidae
Genus: Ganthela
Species:
G. yundingensis
Binomial name
Ganthela yundingensis
Xu, 2015

Ganthela yundingensis is a species of spider belonging to the family Heptathelidae that is native to China. [1] It is the type species of genus Ganthela. [2]

They can reach lengths of up to 8-15 centimeters long excluding chelicerae. Their carapace and opisthosoma are light brown with the tergites being dark brown. [2]

References

  1. Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  2. 1 2 Xu, Xin; Liu, Fengxiang; Chen, Jian; Ono, Hirotsugu; Li, Daiqin; Kuntner, Matjaž (2015-03-21). "A genus-level taxonomic review of primitively segmented spiders (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)". ZooKeys (488): 121–151. Bibcode:2015ZooK..488..121X. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.488.8726 . ISSN   1313-2970.