''Echemella'' is a
genus
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of
Africa
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n
ground spiders that was first described by
Embrik Strand
Embrik Strand (2 June 1876 – 3 November 1947) was an entomologist and arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula.
Life and career
Strand was born in Ål, Norway. He studied at t ...
in 1906.
Species
it contains six species, mostly from
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
:
*''
Echemella occulta''
(Benoit, 1965) – Congo
*''
Echemella pavesii''
(Simon
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, 1909) – Ethiopia
*''
Echemella quinquedentata''
Strand, 1906 (
type
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) – Ethiopia
*''
Echemella sinuosa''
Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2007 – Ethiopia
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Echemella strandi''
( Caporiacco, 1940) – Ethiopia
*''
Echemella tenuis''
Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2007 – Ethiopia
References
Araneomorphae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by Embrik Strand
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