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Spiroctenus

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Spiroctenus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Bemmeridae
Genus: Spiroctenus
Simon, 1889[1]
Type species
S. personatus
Simon, 1888
Species

30, see text

Synonyms[1]

Spiroctenus is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders in the family Bemmeridae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.[3] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae,[3] it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985,[2] and to the Bemmeridae in 2020.[4] It is a senior synonym of Bemmeris, Bessia, and Ctenonemus.[2]

Species

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As of June 2020 it contains thirty species, all found in southern Africa:[1]

Nomen dubium

  • S. lusitanus Franganillo, 1920

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Spiroctenus Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ a b c d e Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 92.
  3. ^ a b Simon, E. (1889). "Descriptions d'espèces africaines nouvelles de la famille des Aviculariidae". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 42: 405–415.
  4. ^ 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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