Spiroctenus
Spiroctenus is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders in the family Bemmeridae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, and to the Bemmeridae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Bemmeris, Bessia, and Ctenonemus.
Species
it contains thirty species, all found in southern Africa:- Spiroctenus armatus Hewitt, 1913 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus broomi Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus cambierae – South Africa
- Spiroctenus coeruleus Lawrence, 1952 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus collinus – South Africa
- Spiroctenus curvipes Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus exilis Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus flavopunctatus – South Africa
- Spiroctenus fossorius – South Africa
- Spiroctenus fuligineus – South Africa
- Spiroctenus gooldi – South Africa
- Spiroctenus inermis – South Africa
- Spiroctenus latus Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus lightfooti – South Africa
- Spiroctenus lignicola Lawrence, 1937 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus londinensis Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus marleyi Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus minor – South Africa
- Spiroctenus pallidipes Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus pardalina – South Africa
- Spiroctenus pectiniger – South Africa
- Spiroctenus personatus Simon, 1888 – Southern Africa
- Spiroctenus pilosus Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus punctatus Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus purcelli Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
- Spiroctenus sagittarius – South Africa
- Spiroctenus schreineri – South Africa
- Spiroctenus spinipalpis Hewitt, 1919 – Eswatini
- Spiroctenus tricalcaratus – South Africa
- Spiroctenus validus – South Africa
- S. lusitanus Franganillo, 1920