Echemella is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1906.[3]
| Echemella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Echemella Strand, 1906[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. quinquedentata Strand, 1906 | |
| Species | |
6, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
As of May 2019[update] it contains six species, mostly from Ethiopia:[1]
- 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