Hermachola

Hermachola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Entypesidae
Genus:	Hermachola; Hewitt, 1915
Type species
	Hermacha crudeni; (Hewitt, 1913)
Species
	H. capensis (Ausserer, 1871) ; H. crudeni (Hewitt, 1913) ; H. lyleae Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 ;

Hermachola is a genus of southern African mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by J. Hewitt in 1915, and its three described species are endemic to South Africa.

It was previously considered a junior synonym of Hermacha , but was elevated to genus in 2021. The type species, Hermachola crudeni, was originally described under the name "Hermacha crudeni".

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes three species:

Hermachola capensis (Ausserer, 1871) – South Africa
Hermachola crudeni (Hewitt, 1913) – South Africa (type species)
Hermachola lyleae Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 – South Africa

References

1 2 3 "Gen. Hermachola Hewitt, 1915". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
↑ Hewitt, J. (1915). "New South African Arachnida". Annals of the Natal Museum. 3: 289–327.
↑ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 1–180.
↑ Ríos-Tamayo, D.; Engelbrecht, I.; Goloboff, P. A. (2021). "A revision of the genus Hermacha Simon, 1889 (Mygalomorphae: Entypesidae), in southern Africa with revalidation of Hermachola Hewitt, 1915, and Brachytheliscus Pocock, 1902". American Museum Novitates. 3977: 1–80. doi:10.1206/3977.1. hdl:11336/147704.
↑ Hewitt, J. (1913). "Descriptions of new species of Arachnida from Cape Colony". Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown. 2: 462–481.

Benoit, P. L. G. (1964). "Dipluridae de l'Afrique Centrale.-I. (Araneae - Orthognatha). Genres Evagrus Ausserer et Thelechoris Karsch" [Dipluridae of Central Africa .-- I. (Araneae - Orthognatha). Genres Evagrus Ausserer and Thelechoris Karsch]. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines (in French). 70: 417–426.

Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)" [Contributions to the knowledge of the arachnid family of the Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae author)]. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 21: 117–224, pl.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 "Gen. Hermachola Hewitt, 1915". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.

[Hewi1915-2] Hewitt, J. (1915). "New South African Arachnida". Annals of the Natal Museum. 3: 289–327.

[Rave1985-3] Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 1–180.

[Rios2021-4] Ríos-Tamayo, D.; Engelbrecht, I.; Goloboff, P. A. (2021). "A revision of the genus Hermacha Simon, 1889 (Mygalomorphae: Entypesidae), in southern Africa with revalidation of Hermachola Hewitt, 1915, and Brachytheliscus Pocock, 1902". American Museum Novitates. 3977: 1–80. doi:10.1206/3977.1. hdl:11336/147704.

[Hewi1913-5] Hewitt, J. (1913). "Descriptions of new species of Arachnida from Cape Colony". Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown. 2: 462–481.

Hermachola

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