Synonymy

• Liphistius sinensis schensiensis Schenkel, 1953: 1 (original combination)
• Liphistius schensiensis (Schenkel): Gertsch, 1967: 115.
• Heptathela sinensis schensiensis (Schenkel): Haupt, 1983: 285.
• Heptathela schensiensis (Schenkel): Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984: 4.
• Abcathela schensiensis (Schenkel): Ono, 2000: 150.
• Sinothela schensiensis (Schenkel): Haupt, 2003: 71
• Luthela schensiensis (Schenkel): Xu et al., 2022: 145
• Heptathela xianensis Zhu & Wang, 1983: 131
• Liphistius heyangensis Zhu & Wang, 1984: 251
  • Type locality: Heyang, Shaanxi Province, China
    • JLU. female ♀. 30.VI.1982.
• Sinothela heyangensis (Zhu & Wang): Haupt, 2003: 71.
• Heptathela heyangensis (Zhu & Wang): Platnick, 1989: 57.
• Abcathela heyangensis (Zhu & Wang): Ono, 2000: 150.

Primary references

• Yin, C.M., Tang, G., Zhao, J.Z. & Chen, J. 2002. Two new species of the genus Heptathela from China (Araneae: Liphistiidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 11: 18-21. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Xu, X., Liu, F.X., Chen, J., Ono, H., Li, D.Q. & Kuntner, M. 2015d. A genus-level taxonomic review of primitively segmented spiders (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys 488: 121-151. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.488.8726. . Reference page. 

• 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. . Reference page.