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 <small>(Bertkau, 1880)</small> – Brazil
• Hermacha brevicauda <small>Purcell, 1903</small> – South Africa
• Hermacha caudata <small>Simon, 1889</small> – Mozambique (type species)
• Hermacha conspersa <small>Mello-Leitão, 1941</small> – Colombia
• Hermacha evanescens <small>Purcell, 1903</small> – South Africa
• Hermacha fossor <small>(Bertkau, 1880)</small> – Brazil
• Hermacha fulva <small>, 1917</small> – South Africa
• Hermacha itatiayae <small>Mello-Leitão, 1923</small> – Brazil
• Hermacha lanata <small>Purcell, 1902</small> – South Africa
• Hermacha maraisae <small>Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021</small> – South Africa
• Hermacha mazoena <small>Hewitt, 1915</small> – Zimbabwe
• Hermacha montana <small>Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021</small> – South Africa
• Hermacha nigrispinosa <small>Tucker, 1917</small> – South Africa
• Hermacha purcelli <small>(Simon, 1903)</small> – South Africa
• Hermacha septemtrionalis <small>Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021</small> – South Africa
• Hermacha sericea <small>Purcell, 1902</small> – South Africa
• Hermacha tuckeri <small>Raven, 1985</small> – South Africa

Formerly included:

• H. bicolor <small>(Pocock, 1897)</small> (Transferred to Brachytheliscus)
• H. capensis <small>(Ausserer, 1871)</small> (Transferred to Hermachola)
• H. crudeni <small>Hewitt, 1913</small> (Transferred to Hermachola)
• H. grahami <small>(Hewitt, 1915)</small> (Transferred to Hermachola)
• H. iricolor <small>Mello-Leitão, 1923</small> (Transferred to Rachias)
• H. leporina <small>Simon, 1891</small> (Transferred to Stenoterommata)
• H. curvipes <small>Purcell, 1902</small> (Transferred to Ekapa)
• H. nigra <small>Tucker, 1917</small> (Transferred to Ekapa)

Nomen dubium

• H. nigromarginata <small>Strand, 1907</small>

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