World Spider Catalog

Bemmeridae Simon, 1903

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: described as a tribe (Bemmereae) by Simon, 1903a: 894, elevated to a subfamily (Bemmerinae) of Nemesiidae by Raven, 1985a: 90 and elevated to family level by Opatova et al., 2020: 701; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487, f. 5.

In synonymy:

Bemmeris Simon, 1903 = Spiroctenus Simon, 1889 (Raven, 1985a: 92)

Bessia Pocock, 1900 = Spiroctenus Simon, 1889 (Raven, 1985a: 92)

Ctenonemus Simon, 1903 = Spiroctenus Simon, 1889 (Raven, 1985a: 92)

Hermachastes Pocock, 1900 = Spiroctenus Simon, 1889 (Simon, 1903a: 906)

Gen. Spiroctenus Simon, 1889 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00135

N.B.: transferred from the Ctenizidae to the Nemesiidae by Raven, 1985a: 92 and to the Bemmeridae by Opatova et al., 2020: 701; considered a senior synonym of Hermachastes Pocock, 1900e: 319 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05040] (type H. collinus Pocock, 1900) by Simon, 1903a: 906; considered a senior synonym of Bessia Pocock, 1900e: 320 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05036] (type B. fossoria Pocock, 1900), Bemmeris Simon, 1903k: 42 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05035] (type B. pardalina Simon, 1903) and Ctenonemus Simon, 1903k: 42 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05037] (type C. pectiniger Simon, 1903) by Raven, 1985a: 92.

Nomen dubium:

Spiroctenus lusitanus Franganillo, 1920: 141 (f, Portugal) -- Breitling et al., 2016b: 55, as Mygalomorphae incertae sedis

Spiroctenus armatus Hewitt, 1913 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001278

Spiroctenus armatus Hewitt, 1913c: 467 (Dm) Original description

Spiroctenus broomi Tucker, 1917 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001279

Spiroctenus broomi Tucker, 1917: 101 (Df) Original description

Spiroctenus cambierae (Purcell, 1902) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001280

Hermachastes cambierae Purcell, 1902b: 369 (Dm) Original description

Spiroctenus cambierae Simon, 1903a: 907

Spiroctenus cambierae Tucker, 1917: 98, pl. 9, f. 3 (m, Df)

Spiroctenus cambierae Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021F: 14, 9 f. (m)

Spiroctenus coeruleus Lawrence, 1952 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001281

Spiroctenus coeruleus Lawrence, 1952a: 184, f. 1, 3 (Dm) Original description

Spiroctenus collinus (Pocock, 1900) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001282

Hermachastes collinus Pocock, 1900e: 319 (Dmf) Original description

Spiroctenus collinus Simon, 1903a: 907

Spiroctenus collinus Tucker, 1917: 99, pl. 9, f. 4 (mf)

Spiroctenus collinus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021F: 16, 3 f. (m)

Spiroctenus curvipes Hewitt, 1919 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001283

Spiroctenus curvipes Hewitt, 1919b: 88, f. 8a-c, pl. 3, f. d-e (Dmf) Original description

Spiroctenus exilis Lawrence, 1938 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001284

Spiroctenus exilis Lawrence, 1938a: 458, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Spiroctenus exilis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021F: 18, 2 f. (m)

Spiroctenus flavopunctatus (Purcell, 1903) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001285

Hermachastes flavopunctatus Purcell, 1903b: 97 (Df) Original description

Spiroctenus fossorius (Pocock, 1900) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001286

Bessia fossoria Pocock, 1900e: 320 (Df) Original description

Bessia fossorix Bonnet, 1955: 881 (invalid emendation)

Spiroctenus fossorina Raven, 1985a: 92, f. 69-72

Spiroctenus fuligineus (Pocock, 1902) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001287

Hermachastes fuligineus Pocock, 1902a: 14 (Df) Original description

Spiroctenus fuliginosus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021F: 21 (lapsus)

Spiroctenus gooldi (Purcell, 1903) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001288

Hermachastes gooldi Purcell, 1903b: 95 (Dm) Original description

Spiroctenus gooldi Tucker, 1917: 104

Spiroctenus inermis (Purcell, 1902) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001289

Hermachastes inermis Purcell, 1902b: 370 (Dm) Original description

Spiroctenus inermis Simon, 1903a: 907

Spiroctenus latus Purcell, 1904 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001290

Spiroctenus latus Purcell, 1904: 125 (Dm) Original description

Spiroctenus lightfooti (Purcell, 1902) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001291

Hermachastes lightfooti Purcell, 1902b: 363 (Dmf) Original description

Spiroctenus lightfooti Simon, 1903a: 907

Spiroctenus lignicola Lawrence, 1937 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001292

Spiroctenus lignicolus Lawrence, 1937: 216 (Df; the ending of the species epithet is corrected to -icola, which is considered an adjective of common gender, with identical form for male and female, in accordance with classical Latin usage) Original description

Spiroctenus londinensis Hewitt, 1919 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001293

Spiroctenus londinensis Hewitt, 1919b: 86, 107, f. 7a-b (Dmf) Original description

Spiroctenus marleyi Hewitt, 1919 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001295

Spiroctenus marleyi Hewitt, 1919b: 83, f. 5 (Dmf) Original description

Spiroctenus marleyi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021F: 28, 1 f. (m)

Spiroctenus minor (Hewitt, 1913) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001296

Bessia minor Hewitt, 1913c: 469, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Bessia minor Hewitt, 1915c: 302, f. 4 (Dm)

Spiroctenus pallidipes Purcell, 1904 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001297

Spiroctenus pallidipes Purcell, 1904: 121 (Dmf) Original description

Spiroctenus pardalina (Simon, 1903) | j | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001298

Bemmeris pardalina Simon, 1903k: 42 (Df) Original description

Bemmeris pardalina Purcell, 1904: 121 (considered a juvenile of H. collinus)

Bemmeris pardaliana Roewer, 1942a: 164 (lapsus)

Spiroctenus pectiniger (Simon, 1903) | j | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001299

Ctenonemus pectiniger Simon, 1903k: 42 (Df) Original description

Ctenonemus pectiniger Purcell, 1904: 121 (considered a juvenile)

Spiroctenus personatus Simon, 1889 | | Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001300

Spiroctenus personatus Simon, 1889h: 409 (Dm) Original description

Spiroctenus personatus Raven, 1985a: 92, f. 60-68 (m)

Spiroctenus pilosus Tucker, 1917 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001301

Spiroctenus pilosus Tucker, 1917: 102 (Df) Original description

Spiroctenus punctatus Hewitt, 1916 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001302

Spiroctenus punctatus Hewitt, 1916a: 222 (Df) Original description

Spiroctenus purcelli Tucker, 1917 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001303

Spiroctenus purcelli Tucker, 1917: 105, pl. 9, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Spiroctenus purcelli Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021F: 35, 3 f. (m)

Spiroctenus sagittarius (Purcell, 1902) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001304

Hermachastes sagittarius Purcell, 1902b: 365 (Dmf) Original description

Spiroctenus sagittarius Simon, 1903a: 907

Spiroctenus schreineri (Purcell, 1903) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001305

Hermachastes schreineri Purcell, 1903b: 96 (Df) Original description

Spiroctenus schreineri Tucker, 1917: 132, f. 13C (f)

Spiroctenus spinipalpis Hewitt, 1919 | | Eswatini urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001306

Spiroctenus spinipalpis Hewitt, 1919b: 84, f. 6a-b, pl. 3, f. b (Dm) Original description

Spiroctenus tricalcaratus (Purcell, 1903) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001307

Hermachastes tricalcaratus Purcell, 1903b: 94 (Dm) Original description

Spiroctenus validus (Purcell, 1902) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001308

Hermachastes validus Purcell, 1902b: 367 (Dmf) Original description

Spiroctenus validus Simon, 1903a: 907

Spiroctenus validus Tucker, 1917: 103, 132, f. 13B, pl. 9, f. 5 (mf)

Spiroctenus validus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021F: 39, 4 f. (m)