World Spider Catalog

Entypesidae Bond, Opatova & Hedin, 2020

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: new family by Bond, Opatova & Hedin, in Opatova et al., 2020: 702, including three genera formerly in Nemesiidae (Entypesa, Hermacha and Lepthercus).

In synonymy:

Damarchodes Simon, 1903 = Hermacha Simon, 1889 (Tucker, 1917: 112, confirmed by Raven, 1985a: 85)

Gen. Hermacha Simon, 1889 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00116

N.B.: transferred from the Ctenizidae to the Nemesiidae by Raven, 1985a: 85 and to the Entypesidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 702; considered a senior synonym of Brachytheliscus Pocock, 1902b: 317 by Hewitt, 1915d: 125, of Damarchodes Simon, 1903k: 43 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04938] (type D. purcelli Simon, 1903) by Purcell in Tucker, 1917: 112 and of Hermachola Hewitt, 1915 by Raven, 1985a: 85; Brachytheliscus and Hermachola were revalidated by Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 56, 68; the inclusion of the South American species in the genus is uncertain after Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 3.

Transferred to other genera:

Hermacha bicolor (Pocock, 1897) -- see Brachytheliscus

Hermacha capensis (Ausserer, 1871) -- see Hermachola

Hermacha crudeni Hewitt, 1913 -- see Hermachola

Hermacha curvipes Purcell, 1902 -- see Ekapa

Hermacha grahami (Hewitt, 1915) -- see Hermachola

Hermacha iricolor Mello-Leitão, 1923 -- see Rachias

Hermacha leporina Simon, 1891 -- see Stenoterommata

Hermacha nigra Tucker, 1917 -- see Ekapa

In synonymy:

Hermacha capensis (Zonstein, 2016, T from Pionothele) = Hermacha brevicauda Purcell, 1903 (Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 34)

Homonym replaced:

Hermacha purcelli Tucker, 1917 -- see Hermacha tuckeri Raven, 1985

Nomen dubium:

Hermacha nigromarginata Strand, 1907a: 548, Strand, 1907f: 181 (m, South Africa) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24

Hermacha anomala (Bertkau, 1880) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001123

Nemesia anomala Bertkau, 1880a: 17, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Hermacha anomala Simon, 1892a: 114

Hermacha brevicauda Purcell, 1903 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001125

Hermacha brevicauda Purcell, 1903b: 98 (Dm) Original description

Pionothele capensis Zonstein, 2016a: 36, f. 9-20 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048499]

Hermacha brevicauda Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 34, f. 2A, 5A-D, 20A-F, 21A-E (m, S of Pionothele capensis)

Hermacha caudata Simon, 1889 | | Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001127

Hermacha caudata Simon, 1889h: 408 (Dm) Original description

Hermacha caudata Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 37, f. 5E-H, 22A-E, 23A-E (m)

Hermacha conspersa Mello-Leitão, 1941 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001128

Hermacha conspersa Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 234 (Df) Original description

Hermacha evanescens Purcell, 1903 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001131

Hermacha evanescens Purcell, 1903b: 99 (Df) Original description

Hermacha evanescens Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 39, f. 1B-C, 2B, 3A-D, 5I-L, 24A-F, 25A-E, 26A-E (Dm, f)

Hermacha fossor (Bertkau, 1880) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001132

Nemesia fossor Bertkau, 1880a: 19, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Hermacha fossor Simon, 1892a: 114

Hermacha fulva Tucker, 1917 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001133

Hermacha fulva Tucker, 1917: 109, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Hermacha fulva Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 11, f. 2C, 4A-D, 6A-F, 7A-E (m)

Hermacha itatiayae Mello-Leitão, 1923 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001136

Hermacha itatiayae Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 339 (Df) Original description

Hermacha lanata Purcell, 1902 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001137

Hermacha lanata Purcell, 1902b: 373 (Dm) Original description

Hermacha lanata Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 44, f. 2D, 5M-P, 27A-F, 28A-E, 29A-E (m, Df)

Hermacha maraisae Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053426

Hermacha maraisae Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 49, f. 2E, 5Q-T, 30A-F, 31A-E (Dm) Original description

Hermacha mazoena Hewitt, 1915 | | Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001138

Hermacha mazoena Hewitt, 1915c: 312 (Df) Original description

Hermacha montana Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053425

Hermacha montana Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 13, f. 2F, 4E-H, 8A-F, 9A-E, 10A-E (Dmf) Original description

Hermacha nigrispinosa Tucker, 1917 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001139

Hermacha nigrispinosus Tucker, 1917: 112, f. 7 (Dmf) Original description

Hermacha nigrispinosa Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 21, f. 2G, 4I-L, 11A-E, 12A-E, 13A-E (mf)

Hermacha purcelli (Simon, 1903) | j | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001141

Damarchodes purcelli Simon, 1903k: 43 (Dj) Original description

Hermacha purcelli Purcell in Tucker, 1917: 112 (T from Damarchodes)

Hermacha septemtrionalis Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053429

Hermacha septemtrionalis Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 51, f. 1D-E, 5U-X, 32A-F, 33A-E, 34A-F (Dmf) Original description

Hermacha sericea Purcell, 1902 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001142

Hermacha sericea Purcell, 1902b: 375 (Dm) Original description

Hermacha sericea Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 24, f. 2H, 4M-P, 14A-F, 15A-J, 16A-E (m, Df)

Hermacha tuckeri Raven, 1985 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001143

Hermacha purcelli Tucker, 1917: 114, f. 8 (Dmf; preoccupied by Simon, 1903, see Hermacha purcelli) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056000]

Hermacha tuckeri Raven, 1985a: 161 (replacement name) Original description

Hermacha tuckeri Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021: 30, f. 1F, 2I, 4Q-T, 17A-F, 18A-E, 19A-E (mf)