[2] It is similar in appearance to the genus Chirothecia, but has a narrower cephalothorax and a shorter eye area.

[3] The type species was later designated as Bellota peckhami Galiano, 1978, from a male specimen previously misidentied by the Peckham's as Bellota formicina (Taczanowski, 1878), per Galiano, 1978.

[1] Two others with a notably disjunct distribution in Pakistan described by Dyal, 1935 can be of questionable affinity.

As of January 2025[update] genus Balmaceda contains nine species:[1]

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