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
2023-01-27
Described in
Simon, 1889h: 407 (type Hermacha caudata Simon, 1889; gender feminine)
Simon, 1889h: 407 (type Hermacha caudata Simon, 1889; gender feminine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 17 | accepted |
| 1 | synonym |
| 1 | nomen dubium |
| 1 | homonym replaced |
Reference
Edit history
Simon, E. (1889h). Descriptions d'espèces africaines nouvelles de la famille des Aviculariidae. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 42: 405-415. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-18 | Genus transferred to other family | Opatova et al., 2020 | Hermacha Simon, 1889 transferred to Hermachidae |