Family: Entypesidae Bond, Opatova & Hedin, 2020 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0142] Back

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.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2023-01-27
Described in
Simon, 1889h: 407 (type Hermacha caudata Simon, 1889; gender feminine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
17accepted
1synonym
1nomen dubium
1homonym replaced
Reference

Simon, E. (1889h). Descriptions d'espèces africaines nouvelles de la famille des Aviculariidae. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 42: 405-415. download pdf

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Date Type Reference Detail
2020-06-18 Genus transferred to other family Opatova et al., 2020 Hermacha Simon, 1889 transferred to Hermachidae