Hermacha

Hermacha is a genus of mygalomorphae spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, then to the Entypesidae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Damarchodes and Hermachola.

Species
it contains 17 species, found in Africa, Colombia, and Brazil:
 * Hermacha anomala (Bertkau, 1880) – Brazil
 * Hermacha brevicauda Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
 * Hermacha caudata Simon, 1889 (type) – Mozambique
 * Hermacha conspersa Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Colombia
 * Hermacha evanescens Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
 * Hermacha fossor (Bertkau, 1880) – Brazil
 * Hermacha fulva Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
 * Hermacha itatiayae Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
 * Hermacha lanata Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
 * Hermacha maraisae Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 – South Africa
 * Hermacha mazoena Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
 * Hermacha montana Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 – South Africa
 * Hermacha nigrispinosa Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
 * Hermacha purcelli (Simon, 1903) – South Africa
 * Hermacha septemtrionalis Ríos-Tamayo, Engelbrecht & Goloboff, 2021 – South Africa
 * Hermacha sericea Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
 * Hermacha tuckeri Raven, 1985 – South Africa

Formerly included:
 * H. bicolor (Pocock, 1897) (Transferred to Brachytheliscus)
 * H. capensis (Ausserer, 1871) (Transferred to Hermachola)
 * H. crudeni Hewitt, 1913 (Transferred to Hermachola)
 * H. grahami (Hewitt, 1915) (Transferred to Hermachola)
 * H. iricolor Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Transferred to Rachias)
 * H. leporina Simon, 1891 (Transferred to Stenoterommata)
 * H. curvipes Purcell, 1902 (Transferred to Ekapa)
 * H. nigra Tucker, 1917 (Transferred to ''Ekapa)'

Nomen dubium
 * H. nigromarginata Strand, 1907