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Genus of spiders

Homostola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Bemmeridae
Genus: Homostola
Simon, 1892
Type species
H. vulpecula
Simon, 1892
Species

5, see text

Synonyms
  • Paromostola Purcell, 1903
  • Stictogaster Purcell, 1902

Homostola is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders in the family Bemmeridae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was transferred to the wafer trapdoor spiders in 1985, and to the Bemmeridae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Stictogaster and Paromostola.

Species

As of November 2024 it contains five species:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Homostola Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 127.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1892). "Etudes arachnologiques. 24e Mémoire. XXXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Aviculariidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 61: 271–284. doi:10.1080/21686351.1892.12278480.
  4. Opatova, V.; et al. (2020). "Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data". Systematic Biology. 69 (4): 700–701. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz064. PMID 31841157.

Further reading

  • Tucker, R. W. E. (1917). "On some South African Aviculariidae (Arachnida). Families Migidae, Ctenizidae, Diplotheleae and Dipluridae". Annals of the South African Museum. 17: 79–138.
  • Purcell, W. F. (1902). "New South African trap-door spiders of the family Ctenizidae in the collection of the South African Museum". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 11: 348–382. doi:10.1080/21560382.1900.9525972.
  • Hewitt, J. (1916). "Descriptions of new South African spiders". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 5: 180–213.
  • Hewitt, J. (1915). "Notes on several four-lunged spiders in the collection of the Durban Museum, with descriptions of two new forms". Annales of the Durban Museum. 1: 125–133.
Taxon identifiers
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