Biology:Damarchus (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Damarchus
Damarchus sp.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Bemmeridae
Genus: Damarchus
Thorell, 1891[1]
Type species
D. workmani Thorell, 1891
Species

6, see text

Damarchus is a genus of Asian mygalomorph spiders in the family Bemmeridae, first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.[2]

Damarchus workmani is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of March.

Species

(As of July 2020) it contained 6 species:[1]

  • Damarchus assamensis Hirst, 1909 — India
  • Damarchus bifidus Gravely, 1935 – India
  • Damarchus cavernicola Abraham, 1924 — Malaysia
  • Damarchus montanus (Thorell, 1890) — Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Damarchus oatesi Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar
  • Damarchus workmani Thorell, 1891 — Singapore

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Damarchus Thorell, 1891". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2007. Retrieved 2020-07-25. 
  2. Thorell, T. (1891). "Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien.". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24 (2): 1–149. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2042381 entry