A revision of the neotropical spider genus Echemoides, with notes on other echemines (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2669

By

Platnick, Norman I.

Shadab, Mohammad Umar

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1979

Notes

Title from caption.

"February 5, 1979."

"Echemoides is redefined to include those echemines with pseudosegmented tarsi. A cladogram, map, key, diagnoses, descriptions, and illustrations are provided for the 13 known species. Echemus argentinus Mello-LeitaМѓo, Echemus pampeanus Mello-LeitaМѓo, Echemus argentinensis Mello-LeitaМѓo, Echemus penicillatus Mello-LeitaМѓo, and Megamyrmecion gayi Simon are transferred to Echemoides. Three specific names are newly synonymized: E. pampeanus (Mello-LeitaМѓo) and E. uncinatus Mello-LeitaМѓo, both with E. argentinus (Mello-LeitaМѓo), and E. argentinensis (Mello-LeitaМѓo) with E. penicillatus (Mello-LeitaМѓo). Nine new species are described: E. mauryi from Paraguay and Argentina, E. balsa from Argentina, E. penai from Peru and Chile, E. aguilari from Peru, and E. tofo, E. schlingeri, E. illapel, E. malleco, and E. rossi from Chile. The male of E. gayi (Simon) and the female of E. giganteus Mello-LeitaМѓo are described for the first time. Previous revisions of American echemines are supplemented by the description of three new species (Zimiromus canje from Guyana, Z. dorado from Peru, and Z. nadleri from Surinam) and the female of the Californian species Scopodes gertschi Platnick"--P. [1].

Subjects

Arachnida , Classification , Echemoides , Echemus , Latin America , Spiders

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2669, 1979

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 9039273