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

Last updated November 04, 2025

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.
1 2 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.

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[1] Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2025-10-18.

[:0-2] 1 2 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.

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