| Bemmeridae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Damarchus workmani in Singapore | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Bemmeridae Simon, 1903 |
| Genera | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 4 genera, 50 species | |
Bemmeridae is a family of African and Asian mygalomorph spiders that was first described as the tribe Bemmereae by Eugène Simon in 1903.[2] It was elevated to a subfamily of funnel-web trapdoor spiders (Bemmerinae) in 1985,[3] then to its own family in 2020.[4]
Genera
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this family includes four genera:[1]
- Atmetochilus Simon, 1887 – Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand
- Damarchus Thorell, 1891 – Southeast Asia, India
- Homostola Simon, 1892 – Eswatini, South Africa
- Spiroctenus Simon, 1889 – Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Family: Bemmeridae Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 90.
- ^ 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.