Ganthela

Ganthela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mesothelae
Family:	Liphistiidae
Subfamily:	Heptathelinae
Genus:	Ganthela; Xu & Kuntner, 2015
Type species
	Ganthela yundingensis;
Species
	7, see text

Ganthela is a genus of spiders in the subfamily Heptathelinae, family Liphistiidae. It was first described in 2015. As of 2017^[update], it contains seven species, all of them from China.

Species

Ganthela comprises the following species:

Ganthela cipingensis (Wang, 1989)
Ganthela jianensis Xu, Kuntner & Chen, 2015
Ganthela qingyuanensis Xu, Kuntner & Liu, 2015
Ganthela venus Xu, 2015
Ganthela wangjiangensis Xu, Kuntner & Liu, 2015
Ganthela xianyouensis Xu, Kuntner & Chen, 2015
Ganthela yundingensis Xu, 2015

References

1 2 3 "Gen. Ganthela Xu & Kuntner, 2015". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
↑ Sivayyapram, Varat; Kunsete, Chawakorn; Xu, Xin; Smith, Deborah R.; Traiyasut, Prapun; Deowanish, Sureerat; Li, Daiqin & Warrit, Natapot (2024). "Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and species delimitation of segmented spider genus Liphistius (Araneae: Liphistiidae) in Thailand". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201 (2): 339–357. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad149.
↑ "Family Liphistiidae Thorell, 1869 (genus list)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2025-11-03.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 3 "Gen. Ganthela Xu & Kuntner, 2015". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

[SivaKunsXuSmit24-2] Sivayyapram, Varat; Kunsete, Chawakorn; Xu, Xin; Smith, Deborah R.; Traiyasut, Prapun; Deowanish, Sureerat; Li, Daiqin & Warrit, Natapot (2024). "Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and species delimitation of segmented spider genus Liphistius (Araneae: Liphistiidae) in Thailand". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201 (2): 339–357. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad149.

[3] "Family Liphistiidae Thorell, 1869 (genus list)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2025-11-03.