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Echinotheridion

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Echinotheridion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Echinotheridion
Levi, 1963[1]
Type species
E. cartum
Levi, 1963
Species

9, see text

Echinotheridion is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963.[2]

Species

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As of May 2020 it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of E. gibberosum, found on Madeira and the Canary Islands.:[1]

Formerly included:

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

See also

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References

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