Spiroctenus

Spiroctenus is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders in the family Bemmeridae. 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, and to the Bemmeridae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Bemmeris, Bessia, and Ctenonemus.

Species

it contains thirty species, all found in southern Africa:

• Spiroctenus armatus <small>Hewitt, 1913</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus broomi <small>Tucker, 1917</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus cambierae <small>(Purcell, 1902)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus coeruleus <small>Lawrence, 1952</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus collinus <small>(Pocock, 1900)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus curvipes <small>Hewitt, 1919</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus exilis <small>Lawrence, 1938</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus flavopunctatus <small>(Purcell, 1903)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus fossorius <small>(Pocock, 1900)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus fuligineus <small>(Pocock, 1902)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus gooldi <small>(Purcell, 1903)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus inermis <small>(Purcell, 1902)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus latus <small>Purcell, 1904</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus lightfooti <small>(Purcell, 1902)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus lignicola <small>Lawrence, 1937</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus londinensis <small>Hewitt, 1919</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus marleyi <small>Hewitt, 1919</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus minor <small>(Hewitt, 1913)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus pallidipes <small>Purcell, 1904</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus pardalina <small>(Simon, 1903)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus pectiniger <small>(Simon, 1903)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus personatus <small>Simon, 1888</small> (type) – Southern Africa
• Spiroctenus pilosus <small>Tucker, 1917</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus punctatus <small>Hewitt, 1916</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus purcelli <small>Tucker, 1917</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus sagittarius <small>(Purcell, 1902)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus schreineri <small>(Purcell, 1903)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus spinipalpis <small>Hewitt, 1919</small> – Eswatini
• Spiroctenus tricalcaratus <small>(Purcell, 1903)</small> – South Africa
• Spiroctenus validus <small>(Purcell, 1902)</small> – South Africa

Nomen dubium

• S. lusitanus <small>Franganillo, 1920</small>

References

Further reading