Biology:Hermachola
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Entypesidae |
| Genus: | Hermachola Hewitt, 1915[1] |
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| Hermacha crudeni (Hewitt, 1913)
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Hermachola is a genus of southern African mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by J. Hewitt in 1915,[2] and it has only been found in South Africa .[1] (As of November 2021) it contains only three species: H. capensis, H. crudeni, and H. lyleae.[1] It was previously considered a junior synonym of Hermacha,[3] but was elevated to genus in 2021.[4] The type species, Hermachola crudeni, was originally described under the name "Hermacha crudeni".[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Hermachola Hewitt, 1915. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/4456. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
- ↑ "New South African Arachnida". Annals of the Natal Museum 3: 289–327. 1915. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/1678.
- ↑ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 1–180.
- ↑ "A revision of the genus Hermacha Simon, 1889 (Mygalomorphae: Entypesidae), in southern Africa with revalidation of Hermachola Hewitt, 1915, and Brachytheliscus Pocock, 1902". American Museum Novitates 3977: 1–80. 2021. doi:10.1206/3977.1. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/16049.
- ↑ "Descriptions of new species of Arachnida from Cape Colony". Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown 2: 462–481. 1913. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/1620.
Further reading
- "Dipluridae de l'Afrique Centrale.-I. (Araneae - Orthognatha). Genres Evagrus Ausserer et Thelechoris Karsch" (in French). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 70: 417–426. 1964. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/3616.
- "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)" (in German). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 117–224, pl. 1871. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/411.
Wikidata ☰ Q108697502 entry
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