Australoechemus is a genus of West African ground spiders that was first described by Günter Schmidt (arachnologist), M. Geisthardt & F. Piepho in 1994.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both found on the Cape Verde islands: A. celer and A. oecobiophilus.[1]

Australoechemus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Australoechemus
Schmidt & Piepho, 1994[1]
Type species
A. oecobiophilus
Schmidt & Piepho, 1994
Species

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Australoechemus Schmidt & Piepho, 1994". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. ^ Schmidt, G.; Geisthardt, M.; Piepho, F. (1994). "Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna der Kapverdischen Inseln (Arachnida: Araneida)". Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins. 19: 81–126.