Echemoides is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1938. Originally placed with the ant spiders, it was moved to the ground spiders in 1993.
Species
it contains fifteen species:
- Echemoides aguilari <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1979</small> â Peru
- Echemoides argentinus <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1940)</small> â Argentina
- Echemoides balsa <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1979</small> â Argentina
- Echemoides cekalovici <small>Platnick, 1983</small> â Chile
- Echemoides chilensis <small>Platnick, 1983</small> â Chile
- Echemoides gayi <small>(Simon, 1904)</small> â Chile
- Echemoides giganteus <small>Mello-Leitão, 1938</small> (type) â Argentina
- Echemoides illapel <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1979</small> â Chile
- Echemoides malleco <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1979</small> â Chile
- Echemoides mauryi <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1979</small> â Paraguay, Argentina
- Echemoides penai <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1979</small> â Peru, Chile
- Echemoides penicillatus <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1942)</small> â Paraguay, Argentina
- Echemoides rossi <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1979</small> â Chile
- Echemoides schlingeri <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1979</small> â Chile
- Echemoides tofo <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1979</small> â Chile
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