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 – Eswatini Spiroctenus tricalcaratus (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa Spiroctenus validus (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa