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:

Paromostola Purcell, 1903 = Homostola Simon, 1892 (Raven, 1985a: 127)

Stictogaster Purcell, 1902 = Homostola Simon, 1892 (Raven, 1985a: 127)

Gen. Homostola Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00058

type Homostola vulpecula Simon, 1892; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Ctenizidae to the Cyrtaucheniidae by Raven, 1985a: 127 and to the Bemmeridae by Opatova et al., 2020: 700, 701; considered a senior synonym of Stictogaster Purcell, 1902b: 361 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05039] (type S. reticulatus Purcell, 1902) and Paromostola Purcell, 1903b: 93 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05038] (type P. abernethyi Purcell, 1903) by Raven, 1985a: 127.

Homostola abernethyi (Purcell, 1903) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000505

Paromostola abernethyi Purcell, 1903b: 94 (Df) Original description

Homostola pardalina (Hewitt, 1913) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000506

Paromostola pardalina Hewitt, 1913b: 424 (Df) Original description

Homostola reticulata (Purcell, 1902) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000507

Stictogaster reticulatus Purcell, 1902b: 362 (Df) Original description

Stictogaster reticulatus Tucker, 1917: 132, f. 13D (f)

Homostola vulpecula Simon, 1892 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000508 TYPE SPECIES

Homostola vulpecula Simon, 1892d: 271 (Df) Original description

Homostola vulpecula Raven, 1985a: 127, f. 185-190 (f)

Homostola zebrina Purcell, 1902 | | South Africa, Eswatini urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000509

Homostola zebrina Purcell, 1902b: 359 (Df) Original description

Homostola zebrina Hewitt, 1915d: 130 (Dm)

Homostola zebrina Hewitt, 1916b: 202, f. 7 (m)

Homostola zebrina Tucker, 1917: 97, 132, 136, f. 13A (f)

Homostola zebrina Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021F: 10, 7 f. (m)