Bemmeridae

Bemmeridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Clade: Avicularioidea
Family: Bemmeridae
Simon, 1903
Genera

See text.

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 November 2024, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[1]

  • Atmetochilus Simon, 1887 - Myanmar, Indonesia (Sumatra), Thailand
  • Damarchus Thorell, 1891 – India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
  • Homostola Simon, 1892 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus Simon, 1889 – South Africa

References

  1. ^ a b "Family: Bemmeridae Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  2. ^ Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  3. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 90.
  4. ^ 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.