| Echemoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Echemoides Mello-Leitão, 1938[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. giganteus Mello-Leitão, 1938
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| Species | |
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15, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Echemoides is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1938.[3] Originally placed with the ant spiders, it was moved to the ground spiders in 1993.[2]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
NMBEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Platnick, N. I. (1993). "Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980". Advances in Spider Taxonomy. 1988. The New York Entomological Society, New York: 648.
- ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1938). "Algunas arañas nuevas de la Argentina". Revista del Museo de la Plata. New Series. 1: 89–118.[clarification needed]