In this paper, I concluded the followings about the geographical distribu-tion of
Heptathela kimurai (Kishida) and Liphistiidae.
(a) Northern boundary-line of
H. kimurai's distribution:-
1) Recognized that the northern boundary-line of
H. kimurai's distribution coincided with the line which run through the Aso volcanic zone, and named it Aso line.
2) Aso line is the distribution boundary-line related to the geological history and constitution,
H. kimurai distributes only in south region of this line, W-S Japan Outer zone which is called in geological world.
3) Aso line is drawned to the north of Aso-Setonaikai line (Sato, 1943) which is another distribution boundary-line connected to the same Median Dis-location Line, in this point both is dissimilar.
(b) Southern boundary-line of
H. kimurai's distribution:-
1) The southern boundary-line of
H. kimurai's distribution lies between Okinawa islands and Sakijima islands, I named Hachisuka's line to this. Hachi-suka's line is an important distribution boundary-line which will be not inferior to Watase's line.
(c) Distribution of Liphistiidae:-
1) Liphistiidae discontinuously distributes in the three regions, North China (Chinan), Okinawa and South Kyushu, Malay district; but this distributed widely in the East Asia before glacial epoch and this under invasion of the cold escaped to these regions and survived until to-day.
2) These three regions, beside Liphistiidae, commonly produce
Metacervulus (fossil deer), and also North China and Malay regions produce human fossils, and then I suppose regions reciprocally not only had similar character, but also kept up a convenient living environment for life in such glacial epoch.
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