Hermacha is a genus of mygalomorphae spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.[3] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae,[3] it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985,[2] then to the Entypesidae in 2020.[4] It is a senior synonym of Damarchodes and Hermachola.[2]

Hermacha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Entypesidae
Genus: Hermacha
Simon, 1889[1]
Type species
H. caudata
Simon, 1889
Species

17, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of January 2023 it contains 17 species, found in Africa, Colombia, and Brazil:[1]

Formerly included:

  • H. bicolor (Pocock, 1897) (Transferred to Brachytheliscus)
  • H. capensis (Ausserer, 1871) (Transferred to Hermachola)
  • H. crudeni Hewitt, 1913 (Transferred to Hermachola)
  • H. grahami (Hewitt, 1915) (Transferred to Hermachola)
  • H. iricolor Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Transferred to Rachias)
  • H. leporina Simon, 1891 (Transferred to Stenoterommata)
  • H. curvipes Purcell, 1902 (Transferred to Ekapa)
  • H. nigra Tucker, 1917 (Transferred to Ekapa)'

Nomen dubium

  • H. nigromarginata Strand, 1907

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Hermacha Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ a b c d Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 85.
  3. ^ a b Simon, E. (1889). "Descriptions d'espèces africaines nouvelles de la famille des Aviculariidae". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 42: 405–415.
  4. ^ Opatova, V.; et al. (2020). "Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data" (PDF). Systematic Biology. 69 (4): 701–702. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz064. PMID 31841157.

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