Heligmomerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

14, see text

Heligmomerus is a genus of armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2]

Species

As of August 2022, it contains fourteen species, mostly from Africa, and seven from India:[1]

  • Heligmomerus astutus (Hewitt, 1915) – Zimbabwe
  • 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 jagadishchandra Das, Pratihar, Khatun & Diksha, 2022 – 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
  • Heligmomerus wii Siliwal, Hippargi, Yadav & Kumar, 2020 – India

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Heligmomerus Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.

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