Australoechemus celer

Australoechemus celer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Gnaphosidae
Genus:Australoechemus
Species: A. celer
Binomial name
Australoechemus celer
Schmidt & Piepho in Schmidt, Geisthardt & Piepho, 1994

Australoechemus celer is a species of ground spider of the family Gnaphosidae that lives in Cape Verde, the species are also endemic.[1] The species were named by Günter E. W. Schmidt, Michael Geishardt and Friedhelm Piepho in 1994, the same year when Argyrodes scapulatus and Tetragnatha torrensis were described. No English name is used but sometimes, it can be called as the Cape Verde ground spider.

Description

The male holotype measures about 5 mm.[2]

References

  1. Platnick, Norman I. (2010). "The World Spider Catalog". 10. American Museum of Natural History.
  2. Schmidt, Geisthardt & Piepho, 1994

Further reading


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