''Echemoides'' is a

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n ground spiders that was first described by

Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (July 17, 1886 – December 14, 1948) was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of Arachnida. He was als ...

in 1938. Originally placed with the

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s, it was moved to the

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s in 1993.

Species

it contains fifteen species: *'' Echemoides aguilari'' Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Peru *'' Echemoides argentinus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Argentina *'' Echemoides balsa'' Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Argentina *'' Echemoides cekalovici'' Platnick, 1983 – Chile *'' Echemoides chilensis'' Platnick, 1983 – Chile *'' Echemoides gayi'' (

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, 1904) – Chile *'' Echemoides giganteus'' Mello-Leitão, 1938 (

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) – Argentina *'' Echemoides illapel'' Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile *'' Echemoides malleco'' Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile *'' Echemoides mauryi'' Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Paraguay, Argentina *'' Echemoides penai'' Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Peru, Chile *'' Echemoides penicillatus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1942) – Paraguay, Argentina *'' Echemoides rossi'' Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile *'' Echemoides schlingeri'' Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile *'' Echemoides tofo'' Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile

References

Gnaphosidae genera Gnaphosidae Spiders of South America Taxa named by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão {{Gnaphosidae-stub