Socalchemmis is a genus of North American false wolf spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & D. Ubick in 2001. The genus name comes from a shortening of the phrase "Southern Californian Chemmis", as the genus was discovered in California.[2]
| Socalchemmis | |
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| Socalchemmis kastoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zoropsidae |
| Genus: | Socalchemmis Platnick & Ubick, 2001[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. dolichopus (Chamberlin, 1919) | |
| Species | |
17, see text | |
Species
As of September 2019[update] it contains seventeen species, found in Mexico and the United States:[1]
- Socalchemmis arroyoseco Platnick & Ubick, 2007 – USA
- Socalchemmis bixleri Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
- Socalchemmis cajalco Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
- Socalchemmis catavina Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – Mexico
- Socalchemmis cruz Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
- Socalchemmis dolichopus (Chamberlin, 1919) (type) – USA
- Socalchemmis gertschi Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
- Socalchemmis icenoglei Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
- Socalchemmis idyllwild Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
- Socalchemmis kastoni Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA, Mexico
- Socalchemmis miramar Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
- Socalchemmis monterey Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
- Socalchemmis palomar Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
- Socalchemmis prenticei Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
- Socalchemmis rothi Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – Mexico
- Socalchemmis shantzi Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
- Socalchemmis williamsi Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – Mexico