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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male and female genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 A, C 3472 (short for XUX- 2013 - 472) B, D 3435 E-G 3365 H-K 3381 A, B vulva dorsal view C, D vulva ventral view E palp prolateral view F palp ventral view G palp retrolateral view H-K palp distal view; 3365: Hitoyoshi Ruins Park, Kumamoto; 3472: Takachihokawara, Kagoshima; 3435: Mukoyama, Miyazaki; 3381: Kozomo, Kumamoto. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4">Figs 4</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Male holotype genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 (ZMH 21751) A palp ventral view B palp retrolateral view C, D palp distal view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354496" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure5">5</figureCitation>
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Haupt, 1983: 283 (holotype: male, from Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, collected by M. Yoshikura on 27 September 1973, deposited in ZMH, examined);
<bibRefCitation author="Haupt, J" journalOrPublisher="Zoologica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 102" refId="B15" refString="Haupt, J, 2003. The Mesothelaea - monograph of an exceptional group of spiders (Araneae: Mesothelae) (Morphology, behaviour, ecology, taxonomy, distribution and phylogeny). Zoologica 154: 1 - 102" title="The Mesothelaea - monograph of an exceptional group of spiders (Araneae: Mesothelae) (Morphology, behaviour, ecology, taxonomy, distribution and phylogeny)." volume="154" year="2003">Haupt 2003</bibRefCitation>
: 69.
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:
<bibRefCitation author="Ono, H" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the National Science Museum Tokyo" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="13 - 27" refId="B20" refString="Ono, H, 1998. Spiders of the genus Heptathela (Araneae, Liphistiidae) from Kyushu, Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum Tokyo 30: 13 - 27" title="Spiders of the genus Heptathela (Araneae, Liphistiidae) from Kyushu, Japan." volume="30" year="1998">Ono 1998</bibRefCitation>
: 16;
<bibRefCitation author="Ono, H" journalOrPublisher="Tokai University Press, Kanagawa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B24" refString="Ono, H, 2009. The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa" title="The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species." year="2009">Ono 2009</bibRefCitation>
: 80;
<bibRefCitation author="Ono, H" journalOrPublisher="Tokai University Press, Kanagawa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B26" refString="Ono, H, Ogata, K, 2018. Spiders of Japan, their natural history and diversity. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa" title="Spiders of Japan, their natural history and diversity." year="2018">Ono and Ogata 2018</bibRefCitation>
: 26, 479.
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Ono, 1998: 19 (holotype: female, from Hitoyoshi-shi, Kumamoto-ken, Kyushu, Japan, collected by H. Ono on 19 November 1996, deposited in NMNS, examined);
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: 83; syn. nov.
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Ono, 1998: 20 (holotype: female, from Honjo, Kunitomi-cho, Higashimorokata-gun, Miyazaki-ken, Kyushu, Japan, collected by T. Yaginuma on 18 June 1949, deposited in NMNS, examined);
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: 81. syn. nov.
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Males of
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can be distinguished from those of
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by one of the embolus peaks being longer than the other (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male and female genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 A, C 3472 (short for XUX- 2013 - 472) B, D 3435 E-G 3365 H-K 3381 A, B vulva dorsal view C, D vulva ventral view E palp prolateral view F palp ventral view G palp retrolateral view H-K palp distal view; 3365: Hitoyoshi Ruins Park, Kumamoto; 3472: Takachihokawara, Kagoshima; 3435: Mukoyama, Miyazaki; 3381: Kozomo, Kumamoto. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4">Fig. 4H, I, K</figureCitation>
) and by the slightly blunt tegular marginal apophysis (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male and female genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 A, C 3472 (short for XUX- 2013 - 472) B, D 3435 E-G 3365 H-K 3381 A, B vulva dorsal view C, D vulva ventral view E palp prolateral view F palp ventral view G palp retrolateral view H-K palp distal view; 3365: Hitoyoshi Ruins Park, Kumamoto; 3472: Takachihokawara, Kagoshima; 3435: Mukoyama, Miyazaki; 3381: Kozomo, Kumamoto. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4">Fig. 4J</figureCitation>
), and from those of
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by the conductor with the weakly serrated prolateral margin (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male and female genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 A, C 3472 (short for XUX- 2013 - 472) B, D 3435 E-G 3365 H-K 3381 A, B vulva dorsal view C, D vulva ventral view E palp prolateral view F palp ventral view G palp retrolateral view H-K palp distal view; 3365: Hitoyoshi Ruins Park, Kumamoto; 3472: Takachihokawara, Kagoshima; 3435: Mukoyama, Miyazaki; 3381: Kozomo, Kumamoto. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4">Fig. 4F, H, K</figureCitation>
). Females of
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. higoensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="higoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. higoensis</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from those of
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. kimurai" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="kimurai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. kimurai</emphasis>
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by the wide and flat dorso-posterior part of the genital area (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male and female genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 A, C 3472 (short for XUX- 2013 - 472) B, D 3435 E-G 3365 H-K 3381 A, B vulva dorsal view C, D vulva ventral view E palp prolateral view F palp ventral view G palp retrolateral view H-K palp distal view; 3365: Hitoyoshi Ruins Park, Kumamoto; 3472: Takachihokawara, Kagoshima; 3435: Mukoyama, Miyazaki; 3381: Kozomo, Kumamoto. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4">Fig. 4A, B</figureCitation>
), and from those of
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. kikuyai" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="kikuyai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. kikuyai</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. yakushimaensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="yakushimaensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. yakushimaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the inner receptacular clusters that are larger than the outer ones (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male and female genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 A, C 3472 (short for XUX- 2013 - 472) B, D 3435 E-G 3365 H-K 3381 A, B vulva dorsal view C, D vulva ventral view E palp prolateral view F palp ventral view G palp retrolateral view H-K palp distal view; 3365: Hitoyoshi Ruins Park, Kumamoto; 3472: Takachihokawara, Kagoshima; 3435: Mukoyama, Miyazaki; 3381: Kozomo, Kumamoto. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4">
Fig. 4
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). Moreover,
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. higoensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="higoensis">
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</taxonomicName>
differs from all other Kyushu group
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Liphistiidae" genus="Heptathela" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Heptathela" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Heptathela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species by the following unique nucleotide substitutions in the standard DNA barcode alignment: G (140), C (146), A (179), C (251), C (257), C (263), G (272), A (326), C (332), T (350), G (479), G (569), C (572), A (578), G (596), G (632), G (641).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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(
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= 11). Carapace yellow brown; opisthosoma light brown, with dark brown tergites close to each other; cheliceral groove with 11-13 denticles; 7 or 8 spinnerets. Measurements: BL 8.80-11.00, CL 4.40-5.25, CW 4.10-4.90, OL 4.40-5.60, OW 2.90-3.40; ALE&gt; PLE&gt; PME&gt; AME; leg I 11.75 (3.45 + 1.50 + 2.60 + 2.70 + 1.50), leg II 12.40 (3.40 + 1.60 + 2.50 + 3.10 + 1.80), leg III 13.30 (3.20 + 1.60 + 2.40 + 3.80 + 2.30), leg IV 16.80 (4.40 + 1.20 + 3.30 + 5.20 + 2.70).
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.
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Prolateral side of paracymbium unpigmented and unsclerotised, numerous setae and spines at the tip of paracymbium (
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Fig. 4
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). Contrategulum with serrated margin proximally and smooth margin distally (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male and female genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 A, C 3472 (short for XUX- 2013 - 472) B, D 3435 E-G 3365 H-K 3381 A, B vulva dorsal view C, D vulva ventral view E palp prolateral view F palp ventral view G palp retrolateral view H-K palp distal view; 3365: Hitoyoshi Ruins Park, Kumamoto; 3472: Takachihokawara, Kagoshima; 3435: Mukoyama, Miyazaki; 3381: Kozomo, Kumamoto. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4">Fig. 4I, K</figureCitation>
). Tegulum wide, the dorsal extension of terminal apophysis and marginal apophysis with a serrated margin retrolaterally (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male and female genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 A, C 3472 (short for XUX- 2013 - 472) B, D 3435 E-G 3365 H-K 3381 A, B vulva dorsal view C, D vulva ventral view E palp prolateral view F palp ventral view G palp retrolateral view H-K palp distal view; 3365: Hitoyoshi Ruins Park, Kumamoto; 3472: Takachihokawara, Kagoshima; 3435: Mukoyama, Miyazaki; 3381: Kozomo, Kumamoto. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4">Fig. 4J, K</figureCitation>
). Conductor wide and with an apical tooth and a deep fold (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male and female genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 A, C 3472 (short for XUX- 2013 - 472) B, D 3435 E-G 3365 H-K 3381 A, B vulva dorsal view C, D vulva ventral view E palp prolateral view F palp ventral view G palp retrolateral view H-K palp distal view; 3365: Hitoyoshi Ruins Park, Kumamoto; 3472: Takachihokawara, Kagoshima; 3435: Mukoyama, Miyazaki; 3381: Kozomo, Kumamoto. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4">Fig. 4H, K</figureCitation>
). Embolus with two peaks, one peak longer than the other, and with a curved margin retrolaterally (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male and female genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 A, C 3472 (short for XUX- 2013 - 472) B, D 3435 E-G 3365 H-K 3381 A, B vulva dorsal view C, D vulva ventral view E palp prolateral view F palp ventral view G palp retrolateral view H-K palp distal view; 3365: Hitoyoshi Ruins Park, Kumamoto; 3472: Takachihokawara, Kagoshima; 3435: Mukoyama, Miyazaki; 3381: Kozomo, Kumamoto. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4">
Fig. 4
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Females</emphasis>
(
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N</emphasis>
= 43). Carapace and opisthosoma colour as in male; cheliceral groove with 11-16 pronounced denticles; tergites similar to male; 7-8 spinnerets. Measurements: BL 8.00-12.80, CL 4.30-6.10, CW 3.80-5.57, OL 4.10-6.50, OW 2.70-4.90; ALE&gt; PLE&gt; PME&gt; AME; palp 8.20 (2.70 + 1.50 + 1.70 + 2.30), leg I 8.80 (2.80 + 1.75 + 1.70 + 1.55 + 1.00), leg II 8.93 (2.75 + 1.60 + 1.55 + 1.83 + 1.20), leg III 9.30 (2.70 + 1.60 + 1.50 + 2.20 + 1.30), leg IV 13.25 (3.65 + 1.80 + 2.40 + 3.40 + 2.00).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female genitalia</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
A pair of depressions on the ventro-lateral part of genital atrium (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male and female genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 A, C 3472 (short for XUX- 2013 - 472) B, D 3435 E-G 3365 H-K 3381 A, B vulva dorsal view C, D vulva ventral view E palp prolateral view F palp ventral view G palp retrolateral view H-K palp distal view; 3365: Hitoyoshi Ruins Park, Kumamoto; 3472: Takachihokawara, Kagoshima; 3435: Mukoyama, Miyazaki; 3381: Kozomo, Kumamoto. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4">Fig. 4C, D</figureCitation>
). Paired receptacular clusters along the anterior margin of bursa copulatrix, divided into two parts, the inner main part forming a large granulate tubercle, with short genital stalks, the outers with several small granules (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male and female genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 A, C 3472 (short for XUX- 2013 - 472) B, D 3435 E-G 3365 H-K 3381 A, B vulva dorsal view C, D vulva ventral view E palp prolateral view F palp ventral view G palp retrolateral view H-K palp distal view; 3365: Hitoyoshi Ruins Park, Kumamoto; 3472: Takachihokawara, Kagoshima; 3435: Mukoyama, Miyazaki; 3381: Kozomo, Kumamoto. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure4">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
We examined the male holotype of
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. higoensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="higoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. higoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Male holotype genital anatomy of Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983 (ZMH 21751) A palp ventral view B palp retrolateral view C, D palp distal view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354496" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure5">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
) and identified the species as
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. higoensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="higoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. higoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
even though the bulb of holotype male is relatively distorted compared to the specimens we collected. After we examined 11 males and 43 females collected at the type localities of
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. higoensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="higoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. higoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. nishikawai" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nishikawai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. nishikawai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. yaginumai" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="yaginumai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. yaginumai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and compared the holotypes of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. higoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. nishikawai" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nishikawai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. nishikawai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. yaginumai" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="yaginumai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. yaginumai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with our specimens, we proposed synonymy of
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. nishikawai" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nishikawai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. nishikawai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. yaginumai" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="yaginumai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. yaginumai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. higoensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="higoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. higoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on their genital morphology, molecular species delimitation (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1101/812214" author="Xu, X" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B44" refString="Xu, X, Kuntner, M, Ono, H, Liu, FX, Li, D, 2019. .https://doi.org/10.1101/812214" url="https://doi.org/10.1101/812214" year="2019">Xu et al. 2019</bibRefCitation>
), and intraspecific genetic distances, 0-1.19% (K2P) and 0-1.18% (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">p</emphasis>
-distance) among 43 specimens, although females exhibit a considerable intraspecific variation in genitalia.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354496" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Male holotype genital anatomy of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Heptathela higoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Haupt, 1983 (ZMH 21751)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
palp ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
palp retrolateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C, D</emphasis>
palp distal view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
JAPAN · 1 ♂, 8 ♀♀; Kyushu, Kumamoto-ken, Hitoyoshi-shi, Fumotomachi, Hitoyoshi Ruins Park;
<geoCoordinate degrees="32.21" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="32.21">32.21N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="130.77" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="130.77">130.77E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 140 m; 18 September 2013; D. Li and B. Wu leg.; XUX-2013-365 (♂ matured 19 July 2014 at CBEE), XUX-2013-360 to 364, 366 to 368 · 2 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; Kyushu, Kumamoto-ken, Kumamoto-shi, Tatsutayama, Tatsuta National Park;
<geoCoordinate degrees="32.82" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="32.82">32.82N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="130.73" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="130.73">130.73E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 60 m; 19 September 2013; D. Li and B. Wu leg.; XUX-2013-370 to 379 · 4 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Kyushu, Kumamoto-ken, Kumamoto-shi, Higashi-ku, Kozono 1-chome;
<geoCoordinate degrees="32.84" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="32.84">32.84N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="130.78" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="130.78">130.78E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 100 m; 19 September 2013; D. Li and B. Wu leg.; XUX-2013-380 to 389 (XUX-2013-381, ♂ matured 2 August 2014 at CBEE) · 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Kyushu, Kumamoto-ken, Kumamoto-shi, Kasuga, Hanaokayama;
<geoCoordinate degrees="32.80" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="32.8">32.80N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="130.68" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="130.68">130.68E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 120 m, 19 September 2013; D. Li and B. Wu leg.; XUX-2013-390 to 393 · 3 ♀♀; Miyazaki-ken, Nishiusuki-gun, Takachiho-cho, Mukoyama;
<geoCoordinate degrees="32.70" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="32.7">32.70N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="131.30" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="131.3">131.30E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 320 m; 22 September 2013; D. Li and B. Wu leg.; XUX-2013-435 to 441 · 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Miyazaki-ken, Higashimorokata-gun, Kunitomi-cho, Honjo 11960-1;
<geoCoordinate degrees="32.00" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="32.0">32.00N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="131.34" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="131.34">131.34E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 30 m; 23 September 2013; D. Li and B. Wu leg.; XUX-2013-456 (♂, matured 19 July 2014 at CBEE), XUX-2013-449 to 451 · 1 ♂, 12 ♀♀; Miyazaki-ken, Higashimorokata-gun, Kunitomi-cho, Honjo 4191;
<geoCoordinate degrees="31.98" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="31.98">31.98N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="131.33" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="131.33">131.33E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 30 m; 23 September 2013; D. Li and B. Wu leg.; XUX-2013-457 to 467C · 1 ♀; Miyazaki-ken, Nishimorokata-gun, Takaharu-cho, Kamamuto, Lake Miike;
<geoCoordinate degrees="31.89" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="31.89">31.89N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="130.96" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="130.96">130.96E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 360 m; 23 September 2013; D. Li and B. Wu leg.; XUX-2013-468 · 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀; 2 Kagoshima-ken, Kirishima-shi, Kirishima, Takachihokawara;
<geoCoordinate degrees="31.89" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="31.89">31.89N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="130.89" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="130.89">130.89E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 960 m; 23 September 2013; D. Li and B. Wu leg.; XUX-2013-471 (♂, matured 8 June 2014 at CBEE), XUX-2013-472 to 474, 476.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
The species is known from the following prefectures on the Japanese island Kyushu: Kumamoto-ken (Hitoyoshi-shi and Kumamoto-shi), Miyazaki-ken (Nishiusuki-gun, Higashimorokata-gun and Nishimorokata-gun), Kagoshima-ken (Kirishima-shi) (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. General somatic morphology of Heptathela kimurai (Kishida, 1920) A dorsal view B ventral view and map showing the sampling localities of Heptathela specimens from Kyushu to central Ryukyus (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/354492" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.888.34494.figure1">Fig. 1C</figureCitation>
).
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