Hermachola

Hermachola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Entypesidae
Genus: Hermachola
Hewitt, 1915[1]
Type species
Hermacha crudeni
(Hewitt, 1913)
Species
  • Hermachola capensis (Ausserer, 1871)
  • Hermachola crudeni (Hewitt, 1913)
  • Hermachola lyleae Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021

Hermachola is a genus of southern African mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by J. Hewitt in 1915,[2] and it has only been found in South Africa.[1] As of November 2021 it contains only three species: H. capensis, H. crudeni, and H. lyleae.[1] It was previously considered a junior synonym of Hermacha ,[3] but was elevated to genus in 2021.[4] The type species, Hermachola crudeni, was originally described under the name "Hermacha crudeni".[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Hermachola Hewitt, 1915". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  2. ^ Hewitt, J. (1915). "New South African Arachnida". Annals of the Natal Museum. 3: 289–327.
  3. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 1–180.
  4. ^ Ríos-Tamayo, D.; Engelbrecht, I.; Goloboff, P. A. (2021). "A revision of the genus Hermacha Simon, 1889 (Mygalomorphae: Entypesidae), in southern Africa with revalidation of Hermachola Hewitt, 1915, and Brachytheliscus Pocock, 1902". American Museum Novitates. 3977: 1–80. doi:10.1206/3977.1.
  5. ^ Hewitt, J. (1913). "Descriptions of new species of Arachnida from Cape Colony". Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown. 2: 462–481.

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