''Heligmomerus'' is a
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of
armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.
Species
As of August 2022, it contains fourteen species, mostly from
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, and seven from
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:
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Heligmomerus astutus''
(Hewitt, 1915) – Zimbabwe
*''
Heligmomerus barkudensis''
(Gravely, 1921) – India
*''
Heligmomerus biharicus''
(Gravely, 1915) – India
*''
Heligmomerus caffer''
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, 1903 – South Africa
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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''
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, 1914 – East Africa
*''
Heligmomerus maximus''
Sanap & Mirza, 2015 – India
*''
Heligmomerus prostans
''Heligmomerus'' is a genus of armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.
Species
As of August 2022, it contains fourteen species, mostly from Africa, and seven from India:
*'' Heligmomerus astutus'' (Hew ...
''
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
*
List of Idiopidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Idiopidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Arbanitis''
'' Arbanitis'' L. Koch, 1874
* '' A. andrewsi'' (Hogg, 1902) — Australia (South Australia)
* '' A. baehrae'' (Wishart ...
References
External links
Idiopidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of the Indian subcontinent
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