Bemmeridae
Family of spiders
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bemmeridae is a family of African and Asian mygalomorph spiders that was first described as the tribe Bemmereae by Eugène Simon in 1903.[2] It was elevated to a subfamily of funnel-web trapdoor spiders (Bemmerinae) in 1985,[3] then to its own family in 2020.[4]
| Bemmeridae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Damarchus workmani in Singapore | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Bemmeridae Simon, 1903 |
| Genera | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 4 genera, 52 species | |
 | |
| blue: reported countries (WSC) | |
Genera
As of January 2026[update], this family includes four genera and 52 species:[1]
- Atmetochilus Simon, 1887 – Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand
- Damarchus Thorell, 1891 – Southeast Asia, India
- Homostola Simon, 1892 – Eswatini, South Africa
- Spiroctenus Simon, 1889 – Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa
