''Spiroctenus'' is a

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of African araneomorph spiders in the family

Bemmeridae ''Bemmeridae'' is a family of African and Asian mygalomorph spiders that was first described as the tribe ''Bemmereae'' by Eugène Simon in 1903. It was elevated to a subfamily of funnel-web trapdoor spiders (''Bemmerinae'') in 1985, then to its ...

. It was first described by

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, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, and to the

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 –

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*'' Spiroctenus broomi'' Tucker, 1917 – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus cambierae'' ( Purcell, 1902) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus coeruleus'' Lawrence, 1952 – South Africa *''

Spiroctenus collinus ''Spiroctenus'' is a genus of African araneomorph 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 ...

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, 1900) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus curvipes'' Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa *''

Spiroctenus exilis ''Spiroctenus'' is a genus of African Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Bemmeridae. It was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1889. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was transferred to the Nemesiidae, f ...

'' Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus flavopunctatus'' (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus fossorius'' (Pocock, 1900) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus fuligineus'' (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus gooldi'' (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus inermis'' (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus latus'' Purcell, 1904 – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus lightfooti'' (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus lignicola'' Lawrence, 1937 – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus londinensis'' Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus marleyi'' Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus minor'' (Hewitt, 1913) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus pallidipes'' Purcell, 1904 – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus pardalina'' (Simon, 1903) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus pectiniger'' (Simon, 1903) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus personatus'' Simon, 1888 (

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) – Southern Africa *'' Spiroctenus pilosus'' Tucker, 1917 – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus punctatus'' Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus purcelli'' Tucker, 1917 – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus sagittarius'' (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus schreineri'' (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus spinipalpis'' Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus tricalcaratus'' (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa *'' Spiroctenus validus'' (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa

Nomen dubium In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...

*''S. lusitanus'' Franganillo, 1920

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