| Heligmomerus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae | 
| Family: | Idiopidae | 
| Genus: | Heligmomerus Simon, 1892[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| H. taprobanicus Simon, 1892  | |
| Species | |
| 
 14, see text  | |
Heligmomerus is a genus of armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2]
Species
As of August 2022, it contains fourteen species, mostly from Africa, and seven from India:[1]
- Heligmomerus astutus (Hewitt, 1915) – Zimbabwe
 - Heligmomerus barkudensis (Gravely, 1921) – India
 - Heligmomerus biharicus (Gravely, 1915) – India
 - Heligmomerus caffer Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
 - Heligmomerus carsoni Pocock, 1897 – Tanzania
 - Heligmomerus deserti Pocock, 1901 – Botswana
 - Heligmomerus garoensis (Tikader, 1977) – India
 - Heligmomerus jagadishchandra Das, Pratihar, Khatun & Diksha, 2022 – India
 - Heligmomerus jeanneli Berland, 1914 – East Africa
 - Heligmomerus maximus Sanap & Mirza, 2015 – India
 - Heligmomerus prostans Simon, 1892 – India
 - Heligmomerus somalicus Pocock, 1896 – Somalia
 - Heligmomerus taprobanicus Simon, 1892 (type) – Sri Lanka
 - Heligmomerus wii Siliwal, Hippargi, Yadav & Kumar, 2020 – India
 
See also
References
- 1 2 "Gen. Heligmomerus Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
 - ↑ Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
 
External links
 Data related to Heligmomerus at Wikispecies
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