World Spider Catalog

Bemmeridae Simon, 1903

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: described as a tribe (Bemmereae) by Simon, 1903a: 894, elevated to a subfamily (Bemmerinae) of Nemesiidae by Raven, 1985a: 90 and elevated to family level by Opatova et al., 2020: 701; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487, f. 5.

Gen. Damarchus Thorell, 1891 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00112

type Damarchus workmani Thorell, 1891; gender masculine

N.B.: transferred from the Ctenizidae to the Nemesiidae (Bemmerinae) by Raven, 1985a: 90; left in the Nemesiidae (incertae sedis) by Opatova et al., 2020: 700; belonging to the Bemmerinae confirmed by Kunsete et al., 2020: 523, thus transferred here to the Bemmeridae; still listed in the Nemesiidae (incertae sedis) by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 15 without considering Kunsete et al., 2020.

Transferred to other genera:

Damarchus bifidus (Gravely, 1935) -- see Atmetochilus

Damarchus excavatus Gravely, 1921 -- see Gravelyia

In synonymy:

Damarchus batuensis (Roewer, 1962, T from Latouchia) = Damarchus cavernicola Abraham, 1924 (Zonstein & Marusik, 2014: 274)

Damarchus assamensis Hirst, 1909 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001110

Damarchus assamensis Hirst, 1909: 384, pl. 24, f. 7-8 (Dm) Original description

Damarchus assamensis Zonstein & Marusik, 2014: 274, f. 23-24 (m)

Damarchus bifidus Gravely, 1935 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001111

Damarchus bifidus Gravely, 1935a: 70, f. 1a (Dm) Original description

Atmetochilus bifidus Zonstein & Marusik, 2014: 278, f. 25 (m, T from Damarchus)

Damarchus bifidus Kunsete et al., 2020: 523, f. 1F (m sternum, T from Atmetochilus)

Damarchus cavernicola Abraham, 1924 | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001112

Damarchus cavernicolus Abraham, 1924: 1095, pl. 1, f. 5-7 (Df) Original description

Damarchus cavernicola Bonnet, 1956: 1374

Latouchia batuensis Roewer, 1962d: 517, f. 1a-c (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000546]

Damarchus cavernicola Zonstein & Marusik, 2014: 274, f. 1-17 (mf, S of Latouchia batuensis)

Damarchus dai Y. Zhang, Yu & F. Zhang, 2026 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067312

Damarchus dai Zhang, Yu & Zhang, 2026: 156, f. 1A-B, 2A-J, 3A-L, 4A-H, 5A-F, 6A-B, 7A-J, 8A-H, 9A-D, 10A-D (Dmf) Original description

Damarchus dao Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2023 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058987

Damarchus dao Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2023: 496, f. 5D, 11A-M, 12A-H, 13A-D (Dmf) Original description

Damarchus erebus Y. Zhang, Yu & F. Zhang, 2026 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067313

Damarchus erebus Zhang, Yu & Zhang, 2026: 168, f. 11A-E, 12A-J, 13A-Y, 14A-D, 15A-F, 16A-H, 17A-J, 18A-S, 19A-D, 20A-E, 21A-D (Dmf) Original description

Damarchus inazuma Kunsete & Warrit, 2025 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066063

Damarchus inazuma Kunsete & Warrit, in Kunsete et al., 2025a: 412, f. 2A-C, 3A-G, 4A-B, 5A-D, 6A-C, 7A-L (Dmf) Original description

Damarchus lanna Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2023 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058986

Damarchus lanna Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2023: 489, f. 5C, 7A-R, 8A-D, 9A-H, 10A-H (Dmf) Original description

Damarchus montanus (Thorell, 1890) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001114

Cyrtauchenius montanus Thorell, 1890a: 406 (Df) Original description

Damarchus montanus Simon, 1892a: 107

Damarchus oatesi Thorell, 1895 | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001115

Damarchus oatesii Thorell, 1895b: 2 (Dmf) Original description

Damarchus pylorus Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2023 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058985

Damarchus pylorus Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2023: 482, f. 1A-L, 2A-F, 3A-P, 4A-G, 5A-B (Dmf) Original description

Damarchus rutilus Y. Zhang, Yu & F. Zhang, 2026 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067314

Damarchus rutilus Zhang, Yu & Zhang, 2026: 182, f. 22A-B, 23A-J, 24A-Z, 25A-D, 26A-D, 27A-C, 28A-J, 29A-H, 30A-D, 31A-D (Dmf) Original description

Damarchus sirindhornae Kunsete & Warrit, 2025 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066252

Damarchus sirindhornae Kunsete & Warrit, in Kunsete et al., 2025b: 391, f. 1A-F, 2A-F, 3A-F, 4A-C (Dmf) Original description

Damarchus workmani Thorell, 1891 | | Singapore urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001116 TYPE SPECIES

Damarchus workmanii Thorell, 1891: 15 (Df) Original description

Damarchus workmani Simon, 1892a: 108, f. 106

Damarchus workmani Workman, 1896: 81, pl. 81 (f)

Damarchus workmani Abraham, 1924: 1092, pl. 1, f. 1-4 (Dm)

Damarchus workmani Raven, 1985a: 90, f. 50-55 (f)

Damarchus workmanni Zonstein & Marusik, 2014: 274, f. 18-21 (m, lapsus)