Heligmomerus | |
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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
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Species | |
14, see text |
Heligmomerus is a genus of armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2]
As of August 2022, it contains fourteen species, mostly from Africa, and seven from India:[1]