Spiroctenus

Spiroctenus is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders in the family Bemmeridae. 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, and to the Bemmeridae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Bemmeris, Bessia, and Ctenonemus.

Species
it contains thirty species, all found in southern Africa:
 * Spiroctenus armatus Hewitt, 1913 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus broomi Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus cambierae (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus coeruleus Lawrence, 1952 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus collinus (Pocock, 1900) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus curvipes Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus exilis Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus flavopunctatus (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus fossorius (Pocock, 1900) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus fuligineus (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus gooldi (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus inermis (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus latus Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus lightfooti (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus lignicola Lawrence, 1937 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus londinensis Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus marleyi Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus minor (Hewitt, 1913) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus pallidipes Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus pardalina (Simon, 1903) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus pectiniger (Simon, 1903) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus personatus Simon, 1888 (type) – Southern Africa
 * Spiroctenus pilosus Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus punctatus Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus purcelli Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus sagittarius (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus schreineri (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus spinipalpis Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus tricalcaratus (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
 * Spiroctenus validus (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa

Nomen dubium
 * S. lusitanus Franganillo, 1920