Hermacha

Hermacha is a genus of mygalomorphae spiders in the family Entypesidae. 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] then to the Entypesidae in 2020.^[4] It is a senior synonym of Damarchodes and Hermachola.^[2]

Hermacha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Entypesidae
Genus:	Hermacha Simon, 1889[1]
Type species
H. caudata Simon, 1889
Species
17, see text
Synonyms[1]
Damarchodes Simon, 1903[2] Hermachola Hewitt, 1915[2]

Species

As of January 2023^[update] it contains 17 species, found in Africa, Colombia, and Brazil:^[1]

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

Formerly included:

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

Nomen dubium

• H. nigromarginata Strand, 1907

See also

• List of Entypesidae species