Ryuthela nishihirai ( Haupt, 1979 )

Schwendinger, Peter J. & Ono, Hirotsugu, 2011, On two Heptathela species from southern Vietnam, with a discussion of copulatory organs and systematics of the Liphistiidae (Araneae: Mesothelae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (4), pp. 599-637 : 616

Ryuthela nishihirai ( Haupt, 1979)

Heptathela nishihirai Haupt, 1979: 356-362 , 365, figs 6-13 (description of male and female); type species of Ryuthela . For a complete synonymy, see Platnick (2011).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: NSMT-Ar 422-423; 1 male (matured X.1977) and 1 female syntypes; Japan, Shuri, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands ; 15. III.1976; leg. M. Nishihira & J. Haupt. – MHNG (coll. S. Heimer), without registration number; 1 female; Japan, Ryukyu Islands , without further data .

DISTRIBUTION: Known from several localities on Okinawa Island, Japan.

Liphistiinae Thorell, 1869

Liphistius ornatus Ono & Schwendinger, 1990 Figs 51-54 Liphistius ornatus Ono & Schwendinger, 1990: 166-170 , figs 1-8 (description of male and

female).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: MHNG, without registration number; male holotype, 1 male paratype, 4 female paratypes; Thailand, Chanthaburi Province, Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary , 300-400 m; 9. V.1987 ; leg. P. Schwendinger.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality in the southern part of eastern Thailand.