''Hermacha'' is a

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spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889. Originally placed with the

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, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, then to the Entypesidae in 2020. It is a

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of ''Damarchodes'' and ''Hermachola''.

Species

it contains 17 species, found in Africa,

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, and

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: *'' Hermacha anomala'' ( Bertkau, 1880) –

*'' Hermacha brevicauda''

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, 1903 – South Africa *'' Hermacha caudata'' Simon, 1889 ( type) –

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*'' Hermacha conspersa'' Mello-Leitão, 1941 –

*'' Hermacha evanescens'' Purcell, 1903 – South Africa *'' Hermacha fossor'' (Bertkau, 1880) – Brazil *'' Hermacha fulva'' Tucker, 1917 – South Africa *'' Hermacha itatiayae'' Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil *'' Hermacha lanata'' Purcell, 1902 – South Africa *'' Hermacha maraisae'' Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 – South Africa *'' Hermacha mazoena'' Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa *'' Hermacha montana'' Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 – South Africa *'' Hermacha nigrispinosa'' Tucker, 1917 – South Africa *'' Hermacha purcelli'' (Simon, 1903) – South Africa *'' Hermacha septemtrionalis'' Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 – South Africa *'' Hermacha sericea'' Purcell, 1902 – South Africa *'' Hermacha tuckeri''

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, 1985 – South Africa Formerly included: *''H. bicolor'' (Pocock, 1897) (Transferred to '' Brachytheliscus)'' *''H. capensis'' (Ausserer, 1871) (Transferred to '' Hermachola)'' *''H. crudeni'' Hewitt, 1913 (Transferred to '' Hermachola)'' *''H. grahami'' (Hewitt, 1915) (Transferred to '' Hermachola)'' *''H. iricolor'' Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Transferred to '' Rachias)'' *''H. leporina'' Simon, 1891 (Transferred to '' Stenoterommata'') *''H. curvipes'' Purcell, 1902 (Transferred to '' Ekapa)'' *''H. nigra'' Tucker, 1917 (Transferred to '' Ekapa)'

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*''H. nigromarginata'' Strand, 1907

Species

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