Bemmeridae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Clade: | Avicularioidea |
Family: | Bemmeridae Simon, 1903 |
Genera | |
Diversity[1] | |
4 genera, 50 species |
Bemmeridae is a family of African and Asian mygalomorph spiders that was first described as the tribe Bemmereae by Eugène Simon in 1903.[2] It was elevated to a subfamily of funnel-web trapdoor spiders (Bemmerinae) in 1985,[3] then to its own family in 2020.[4]
Genera
As of July 2020, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[1]
- Atmetochilus Simon, 1887
- Damarchus Thorell, 1891 – India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
- Homostola Simon, 1892 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus Simon, 1889 – South Africa
References
- ^ a b "Family: Bemmeridae Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 90.
- ^ Opatova, V.; et al. (2020). "Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data". Systematic Biology. 69 (4): 701. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz064. PMID 31841157.