''Parachemmis'' is a
genus of
corinnid sac spiders first described by
Arthur M. Chickering Arthur Merton Chickering (March 23, 1887 - May 24, 1974) was a U.S. arachnologist.
Biography
He was born on March 23, 1887, in North Danville, Vermont.
He studied in Yale University under Alexander Petrunkevitch until 1913. In 1916 he earned a Mas ...
in 1937 as a genus of
ground spider
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...
s.
It was transferred to
Liocranidae in 1969,
and to Corinnidae in 1994.
Species
it contains four species in
Central
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and
South America:
*''
Parachemmis fuscus''
Chickering, 1937 (
type
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) – Panama
*''
Parachemmis hassleri''
(Gertsch
Willis John Gertsch (October 4, 1906 – December 12, 1998) was an American arachnologist. He described over 1,000 species of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider.
Gertsch was born ...
, 1942) – Guyana
*''
Parachemmis julioblancoi''
Martinez-G & Villarreal, 2017 – Colombia
*''
Parachemmis manauara''
Bonaldo, 2000 – Brazil
References
Araneomorphae genera
Corinnidae
Spiders of Central America
Spiders of South America
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