Spiroctenus

Spiroctenus is a genus of African araneomorph 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

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

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

Nomen dubium

• S. lusitanus Franganillo, 1920

See also

• List of Bemmeridae species

References