Echemoides is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1938.[3] Originally placed with the ant spiders, it was moved to the ground spiders in 1993.[2]
Species
As of May 2019 it contains fifteen species:[1]
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Echemoides aguilari Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Peru
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Echemoides argentinus (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Argentina
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Echemoides balsa Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Argentina
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Echemoides cekalovici Platnick, 1983 – Chile
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Echemoides chilensis Platnick, 1983 – Chile
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Echemoides gayi (Simon, 1904) – Chile
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Echemoides giganteus Mello-Leitão, 1938 (type) – Argentina
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Echemoides illapel Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile
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Echemoides malleco Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile
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Echemoides mauryi Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Paraguay, Argentina
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Echemoides penai Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Peru, Chile
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Echemoides penicillatus (Mello-Leitão, 1942) – Paraguay, Argentina
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Echemoides rossi Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile
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Echemoides schlingeri Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile
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Echemoides tofo Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile
References
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^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Echemoides Mello-Leitão, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
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^ a b Platnick, N. I. (1993). "Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980". Advances in Spider Taxonomy. The New York Entomological Society, New York. 1988: 648.
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^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1938). "Algunas arañas nuevas de la Argentina". Revista del Museo de la Plata. New Series. 1: 89–118.
