Biology:Bemmeridae
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Short description: Family of spiders
| Bemmeridae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Bemmeridae Simon, 1903 |
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| 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
As of July 2020[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[1]
- Atmetochilus Simon, 1887
- Damarchus Thorell, 1891 – India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
- Homostola Simon, 1892 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus Simon, 1889 – South Africa
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Family: Bemmeridae Simon, 1903". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/137.
- ↑ Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées. 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. (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.
Wikidata ☰ Q96679891 entry
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