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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

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyBemmeridae

Homostola is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie Cyrtaucheniidae. Soorten Het geslacht kent de volgende soorten:[2] Homostola abernethyi (Purcell, 1903) Homostola pardalina (Hewitt, 1913) Homostola reticulata (Purcell, 1902) Homostola vulpecula Simon, 1892 Homostola zebrina Purcell, 1902 Bronnen, noten en/of referenties ↑ Simon, E. (1892) Etudes arachnologiques. 24e Mémoire. XXXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Aviculariidae (suite). Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 61: 271-284. ↑ Platnick, Norman I. (2010):The world spider catalog, version 11.0. American Museum of Natural History

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
124
Family
Bemmeridae
Collections
ARC-PPRI
Recorded in
South Africa

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Bemmeridae
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taxon name
Homostola
taxon rank
genus
taxonomic type
Homostola vulpecula
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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== it contains five species: Homostola abernethyi (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa Homostola pardalina (Hewitt, 1913) – South Africa Homostola reticulata (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa Homostola vulpecula Simon, 1892 (type) – South Africa Homostola zebrina Purcell, 1902 – South Africa, Eswatini

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