Socalchemmis

Socalchemmis is a genus of North American false wolf spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & D. Ubick in 2001. The genus name comes from a shortening of the phrase "Southern Californian Chemmis", as the genus was discovered in California. [2]

Socalchemmis
Socalchemmis kastoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zoropsidae
Genus: Socalchemmis
Platnick & Ubick, 2001[1]
Type species
S. dolichopus
(Chamberlin, 1919)
Species

17, see text

Species

As of September 2019 it contains seventeen species, found in Mexico and the United States:[1]

  • Socalchemmis arroyoseco Platnick & Ubick, 2007 – USA
  • Socalchemmis bixleri Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
  • Socalchemmis cajalco Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
  • Socalchemmis catavina Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – Mexico
  • Socalchemmis cruz Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
  • Socalchemmis dolichopus (Chamberlin, 1919) (type) – USA
  • Socalchemmis gertschi Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
  • Socalchemmis icenoglei Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
  • Socalchemmis idyllwild Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
  • Socalchemmis kastoni Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA, Mexico
  • Socalchemmis miramar Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
  • Socalchemmis monterey Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
  • Socalchemmis palomar Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
  • Socalchemmis prenticei Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
  • Socalchemmis rothi Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – Mexico
  • Socalchemmis shantzi Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – USA
  • Socalchemmis williamsi Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – Mexico

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Socalchemmis Platnick & Ubick, 2001". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  2. Platnick, N. I.; Ubick, D. (2001). "A revision of the North American spiders of the new genus Socalchemmis (Araneae, Tengellidae)". American Museum Novitates. 3339: 1–25.


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