Echinotheridion Explained

Echinotheridion is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963.^[1]

Species

it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of E. gibberosum, found on Madeira and the Canary Islands.:^[2]

• Echinotheridion andresito Ramírez & González, 1999 – Brazil, Argentina
• Echinotheridion cartum Levi, 1963 (type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
• Echinotheridion elicolum Levi, 1963 – Venezuela
• Echinotheridion gibberosum (Kulczyński, 1899) – Madeira, Canary Is.
• Echinotheridion levii Ramírez & González, 1999 – Brazil
• Echinotheridion lirum Marques & Buckup, 1989 – Brazil
• Echinotheridion otlum Levi, 1963 – Ecuador
• Echinotheridion urarum Buckup & Marques, 1989 – Brazil
• Echinotheridion utibile (Keyserling, 1884) – Brazil

Formerly included:

• E. pseudogibberosum (Schmidt, 1973) (Transferred to Tidarren)

See also

• List of Theridiidae species

Notes and References

1. Levi. H. W.. 1963. American spiders of the genus Achaearanea and the new genus Echinotheridion (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 187–240. 129. Herbert_Walter_Levi.
2. Gen. Echinotheridion Levi, 1963. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-06-19. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.