Vinathela

Vinathela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mesothelae
Family:	Liphistiidae
Subfamily:	Heptathelinae
Genus:	Vinathela; Ono, 2000
Type species
	Vinathela cucphuongensis;
Species
	6, see text

Vinathela is a genus of spiders in the subfamily Heptathelinae, family Liphistiidae. It was first described in 2000. As of November 2025^[update], it contained eight species. Two species were formerly placed in the genus Nanthela, now submerged into Vinathela.

Species

As of November 2025^[update], Vinathela comprised the following species:

Vinathela abca (Ono, 1999) - Vietnam
Vinathela cucphuongensis (Ono, 1999) - Vietnam
Vinathela hongkong (Song & Wu, 1997) - Hong Kong
Vinathela hunanensis (Song & Haupt, 1984) - China
Vinathela nahang Logunov & Vahtera, 2017 - Vietnam
Vinathela nenglianggu Li, Liu & Xu, 2019 - China
Vinathela tomokunii (Ono, 1997) - Vietnam
Vinathela tonkinensis (Bristowe, 1933) - Vietnam

References

1 2 3 4 "Gen. Vinathela Ono, 2000". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
↑ 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.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Vinathela Ono, 2000". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2025-11-03.

[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.