Heligmomerus
Heligmomerus is a genus of armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2]
| Heligmomerus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Heligmomerus Simon, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| H. taprobanicus Simon, 1892 | |
| Species | |
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12, see text | |
Species
As of May 2019 it contains twelve species, mostly from Africa, and one from India:[1]
- Heligmomerus astutus (Hewitt, 1915) – South Africa
- Heligmomerus barkudensis (Gravely, 1921) – India
- Heligmomerus biharicus (Gravely, 1915) – India
- Heligmomerus caffer Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
- Heligmomerus carsoni Pocock, 1897 – Tanzania
- Heligmomerus deserti Pocock, 1901 – Botswana
- Heligmomerus garoensis (Tikader, 1977) – India
- Heligmomerus jeanneli Berland, 1914 – East Africa
- Heligmomerus maximus Sanap & Mirza, 2015 – India
- Heligmomerus prostans Simon, 1892 – India
- Heligmomerus somalicus Pocock, 1896 – Somalia
- Heligmomerus taprobanicus Simon, 1892 (type) – Sri Lanka
See also
References
- "Gen. Heligmomerus Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
External links
Data related to Heligmomerus at Wikispecies
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