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

As of May 2019[update] 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