Hermacha


Hermacha is a genus of mygalomorphae spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, then to the Entypesidae in 2020.
It is a senior synonym of Damarchodes and Hermachola.

Species

, this genus includes seventeen species, found in Africa, Colombia, and Brazil:Hermacha anomala – BrazilHermacha brevicauda William [Frederick Purcell|Purcell], 1903 – South AfricaHermacha caudata Simon, 1889 – Mozambique Hermacha conspersa Cândido Firmino [de Mello-Leitão|Mello-Leitão], 1941 – ColombiaHermacha evanescens Purcell, 1903 – South AfricaHermacha fossor – BrazilHermacha fulva Tucker, 1917 – South AfricaHermacha itatiayae Mello-Leitão, 1923 – BrazilHermacha lanata Purcell, 1902 – South AfricaHermacha maraisae Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 – South AfricaHermacha mazoena Hewitt (herpetologist)|Hewitt], 1915 – ZimbabweHermacha montana Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 – South AfricaHermacha nigrispinosa Tucker, 1917 – South AfricaHermacha purcelli – South AfricaHermacha septemtrionalis Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 – South AfricaHermacha sericea Purcell, 1902 – South AfricaHermacha tuckeri Raven, 1985 – South Africa
Formerly included:
  • H. bicolor ''
  • H. capensis ''
  • H. crudeni Hewitt, 1913
  • H. grahami
  • H. iricolor Mello-Leitão, 1923
  • H. leporina Simon, 1891
  • H. curvipes Purcell, 1902
  • H. nigra Tucker, 1917
Nomen dubium
  • H. nigromarginata'' Strand, 1907