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A review of the chilensis group of the spider genus Echemoides (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)

by: Platnick, Norman I

Publication date: 1983

Topics: Echemoides, Spiders, Arachnida, Echemoides -- Classification, Spiders -- Chile -- Classification, Arachnida -- Chile -- Classification

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History

Collection: americanmuseumnaturalhistory; biodiversity

Contributor: American Museum of Natural History Library

Language: English

Rights: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions

Rights-holder: American Museum of Natural History Library

Volume: no. 2760

18 p. : 26 cm

The chilensis group contains those Echemoides species in which the median apophysis of the male palp is bifid. A cladogram, map, key, diagnoses, descriptions, illustrations, and scanning electron micrographs are provided for the eight known species, which occur only in northern and central Chile (from Atacama south to malleco provinces) and which are largely or entirely allopatric. The female of E. rossi Platnick and Shadab is described for the first time, and two new species, E. chilensis and E. cekalovici, are described"--P. [1]

Title from caption

"May 27, 1983."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 16 & 18)

Abstract: The chilensis group contains those Echemoides species in which the median apophysis of the male palp is bifid. A cladogram, map, key, diagnoses, descriptions, illustrations, and scanning electron micrographs are provided for the eight known species, which occur only in northern and central Chile (from Atacama south to malleco provinces) and which are largely or entirely allopatric. The female of E. rossi Platnick and Shadab is described for the first time, and two new species, E. chilensis and E. cekalovici, are described'--P. [1].