Spiroctenus

Genus of spiders

Spiroctenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Bemmeridae
Genus: Spiroctenus
Simon, 1889[1]
Type species
S. personatus
Simon, 1888
Species

30, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Bemmeris Simon, 1903[2]
  • Bessia Pocock, 1900[2]
  • Ctenonemus Simon, 1903[2]

Spiroctenus is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders in the family Bemmeridae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.[3] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae,[3] it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985,[2] and to the Bemmeridae in 2020.[4] It is a senior synonym of Bemmeris, Bessia, and Ctenonemus.[2]

Species

As of June 2020[update] it contains thirty species, all found in southern Africa:[1]

  • Spiroctenus armatus Hewitt, 1913 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus broomi Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus cambierae (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus coeruleus Lawrence, 1952 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus collinus (Pocock, 1900) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus curvipes Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus exilis Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus flavopunctatus (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus fossorius (Pocock, 1900) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus fuligineus (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus gooldi (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus inermis (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus latus Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus lightfooti (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus lignicola Lawrence, 1937 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus londinensis Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus marleyi Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus minor (Hewitt, 1913) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus pallidipes Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus pardalina (Simon, 1903) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus pectiniger (Simon, 1903) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus personatus Simon, 1888 (type) – Southern Africa
  • Spiroctenus pilosus Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus punctatus Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus purcelli Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus sagittarius (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus schreineri (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus spinipalpis Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus tricalcaratus (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
  • Spiroctenus validus (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa

Nomen dubium

  • S. lusitanus Franganillo, 1920

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Spiroctenus Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ a b c d e Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 92.
  3. ^ a b Simon, E. (1889). "Descriptions d'espèces africaines nouvelles de la famille des Aviculariidae". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 42: 405–415.
  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.

Further reading

  • Tucker, R. W. E. (1917). "On some South African Aviculariidae (Arachnida). Families Migidae, Ctenizidae, Diplotheleae and Dipluridae". Annals of the South African Museum. 17: 79–138.
  • Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  • Purcell, W. F. (1902). "New South African trap-door spiders of the family Ctenizidae in the collection of the South African Museum". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 11: 348–382. doi:10.1080/21560382.1900.9525972.
  • Hewitt, J. (1919). "Descriptions of new South African Araneae and Solifugae". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6: 63–111.
Taxon identifiers
Spiroctenus


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