Kimura spider
Species of trapdoor spider
title: "Kimura spider" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["liphistiidae", "taxa-named-by-kyukichi-kishida", "endemic-spiders-of-japan", "spiders-described-in-1920"] description: "Species of trapdoor spider" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimura_spider" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Species of trapdoor spider ::
| name = Kimura spider | image = Heptathela.kimurai.yanbaruensis.female.-.tanikawa.jpg | image_caption = Heptathela kimurai yanbaruensis (female). | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Heptathela kimurai | authority = (Kishida, 1920) | synonyms = Liphistius kimurai Kishida, 1920 | synonyms_ref =
Heptathela kimurai, the Kimura spider, or kimura-gumo (in Japanese), is an Old World spider, found primarily in Japan and named after Arika Kimura, who collected it in 1920. It belongs to the sub-order Mesothelae (primitive burrowing spiders) and can reach up to 3 cm in length. Its burrows are covered by a camouflaged "pill box" flap.
Taxonomy
Heptathela kimurai was first described by Kyukichi Kishida in 1920, when it was placed in the genus Liphistius as L. kimurai. In 1923, Kishida erected the genus Heptathela for the species, as on re-examination he decided it was sufficiently distinct from spiders of the genus Liphistius. The species name kimurai honours the collector, Arika Kimura.
References
- Tomo Kočar, Strah je okrogel in ima osem nog (The fear is round and it has eight legs), GEA 12 (2002) 7, pp 46 – 49.
- Yoshikura, M. 1982. Kumo no fushigi (The wonder of spiders). Iwanami-shoten, Tokyo.
References
- (1923). "''Heptathela'', a new genus of liphistiid spiders". Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.
- "Taxon details ''Heptathela kimurai'' (Kishida, 1920)". Natural History Museum Bern.
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