Echemoides

Echemoides is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1938. Originally placed with the ant spiders, it was moved to the ground spiders in 1993.

==Species== it contains fifteen species: Echemoides aguilari Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Peru Echemoides argentinus (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Argentina Echemoides balsa Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Argentina Echemoides cekalovici Platnick, 1983 – Chile Echemoides chilensis Platnick, 1983 – Chile Echemoides gayi (Simon, 1904) – Chile Echemoides giganteus Mello-Leitão, 1938 (type) – Argentina Echemoides illapel Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile Echemoides malleco Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile Echemoides mauryi Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Paraguay, Argentina Echemoides penai Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Peru, Chile Echemoides penicillatus (Mello-Leitão, 1942) – Paraguay, Argentina Echemoides rossi Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile Echemoides schlingeri Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile Echemoides tofo Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Chile