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