Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Liphistiidae

Subfamily Liphistiinae Thorell, 1869

Diagnosis.

In contrast to the members of the subfamily Heptathelinae, Liphistiinae spiders construct signal lines radiating from the burrow entrance (Figure 2b), the male palp possesses a tibial apophysis (Figures 5-7), and the female genitals have a poreplate and unpaired receptacular clusters (Figures 8-9). Platnick and Sedgwick (1984) also report the unique presence of clavate trichobothria on the tarsi and metatarsi of all legs and on the palpal tarsi.

Composition.

Liphistius Schiödte, 1849.

Distribution.

Indonesia (Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand.