Echemella Explained

Echemella is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1906.^[1]

Species

it contains six species, mostly from Ethiopia:^[2]

• Echemella occulta (Benoit, 1965) – Congo
• Echemella pavesii (Simon, 1909) – Ethiopia
• Echemella quinquedentata Strand, 1906 (type) – Ethiopia
• Echemella sinuosa Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2007 – Ethiopia
• Echemella strandi (Caporiacco, 1940) – Ethiopia
• Echemella tenuis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2007 – Ethiopia

Notes and References

1. Strand. E.. 1906. Diagnosen nordafrikanischer, hauptsächlich von Carlo Freiherr von Erlanger gesammelter Spinnen.. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 655–690. 30.
2. Web site: Gen. Echemella Strand, 1906. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.