''Hermachola'' is a genus of southern African mygalomorph spiders in the family

Entypesidae ''Entypesidae'' is a family of African mygalomorphae spiders. It was first described in 2020, and includes three genera moved from the funnel-web trapdoor spiders (family Nemesiidae). Genera , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following gener ...

. It was first described by J. Hewitt in 1915, and it has only been found in South Africa. it contains only three species: '' H. capensis'', '' H. crudeni'', and '' H. lyleae''. It was previously considered a

junior synonym The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...

of '' Hermacha '', but was elevated to genus in 2021. The type species, ''Hermachola crudeni'', was originally described under the name "''Hermacha crudeni"''.

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