Echemus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1878.[3]

Echemus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Echemus
Simon, 1878[1]
Type species
E. angustifrons
(Westring, 1861)
Species

22, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Boreoechemus Lohmander, 1942[2]

Species edit

As of May 2019 it contains twenty-two species:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Echemus Simon, 1878". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. ^ Tullgren, A. (1946). Svenska spindelfauna: 3. Egentliga spindlar. Araneae. Fam. 5-7. Clubionidae, Zoridae och Gnaphosidae. Entomologiska Föreningen, Stockholm. p. 111.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1878). Les arachnides de France.