Luthela is a genus of spiders in the family Heptathelidae, found in China.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Mesothelae |
| Family: | Heptathelidae |
| Genus: | Luthela Xu & Li, 2022[1] |
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Taxonomy edit
The genus Luthela was erected in 2022 with the type species Luthela yiyuan. Five further new species were described. The species Heptathela sinensis had been described in 1932 based on a female specimen, and transferred to the new genus Sinothela in 2003 based on a male specimen that cannot be confidently matched to the female, so the authors of Luthela regard both Sinothela sinensis and Sinothela to be nomina dubia (dubious names). Accordingly, two species that had been placed in Sinothela were transferred to Luthela.[2] Three further new species were added to the genus in 2023.[3]
Species edit
As of April 2024[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species:[1]
- Luthela asuka Wei & Lin, 2023 – China
- Luthela badong Xu, Yu, Liu & Li, 2022 – China
- Luthela beijing Wei & Lin, 2023 – China
- Luthela dengfeng Xu, Yu, Liu & Li, 2022 – China
- Luthela handan Xu, Yu, Liu & Li, 2022 – China
- Luthela kagami Wei & Lin, 2023 – China
- Luthela luotianensis (Yin, Tang, Zhao & Chen, 2002) – China
- Luthela schensiensis (Schenkel, 1953) – China
- Luthela taian Xu, Yu, Liu & Li, 2022 – China
- Luthela yiyuan Xu, Yu, Liu & Li, 2022 (type species) – China
- Luthela yuncheng Xu, Yu, Liu & Li, 2022 – China
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Gen. Luthela Xu & Li, 2022", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2024-04-26
- ^ Xu, X.; Yu, L.; Liu, F. X. & Li, D. Q. (2022), "Delimitation of the segmented trapdoor spider genus Luthela gen. nov., with comments on the genus Sinothela from northern China (Araneae, Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)", Zootaxa, 5091 (1): 131–154, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5091.1.5, PMID 35391257
- ^ Wei, M.; Wang, S. Q. & Lin, Y. C. (2023), "Systematic notes on three new Luthela (Mesothelae, Heptathelidae) spiders from China, with their descriptions", ZooKeys (1159): 151–168, Bibcode:2023ZooK.1159..151W, doi:10.3897/zookeys.1159.90120
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