Bemmeridae Explained

Bemmeridae is a family of African and Asian mygalomorph spiders that was first described as the tribe Bemmereae by Eugène Simon in 1903.[1] It was elevated to a subfamily of funnel-web trapdoor spiders (Bemmerinae) in 1985,[2] then to its own family in 2020.[3]

Genera

, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Simon, E. 1903. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Roret . Paris. fr. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène Simon.
  2. Raven. R. J.. 1985. The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182. 90. Robert Raven.
  3. Opatova. V.. etal. 2020. Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data. Systematic Biology. 69. 4. 701. 10.1093/sysbio/syz064. 31841157. free.
  4. Web site: Family: Bemmeridae Simon, 1903. World Spider Catalog. 2020-07-24. Natural History Museum Bern.