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Socalchemmis

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Socalchemmis
Socalchemmis kastoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

Species

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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.