| Bemmeridae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae | 
| Clade: | Avicularioidea | 
| Family: | Bemmeridae Simon, 1903  | 
| Genera | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 4 genera, 50 species | |
Bemmeridae is a family of African and Asian mygalomorph spiders that was first described as the tribe Bemmereae by Eugène Simon in 1903.[2] It was elevated to a subfamily of funnel-web trapdoor spiders (Bemmerinae) in 1985,[3] then to its own family in 2020.[4]
Genera
As of July 2020, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[1]
- Atmetochilus Simon, 1887
 - Damarchus Thorell, 1891 – India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
 - Homostola Simon, 1892 – South Africa
 - Spiroctenus Simon, 1889 – South Africa
 
References
- 1 2 "Family: Bemmeridae Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
 - ↑ Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
 - ↑ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 90.
 - ↑ Opatova, V.; et al. (2020). "Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data". Systematic Biology. 69 (4): 701. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz064. PMID 31841157.
 
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