Biology:Echinax

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Echinax is a genus of Asian and African corinnid sac spiders first described by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold in 2001.[1]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes fifteen species:[2]

  • Echinax anlongensis Yang, Song & Zhu, 2004 – China
  • Echinax baisha Lu & Li, 2023 – China (Hainan)
  • Echinax bosmansi (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Echinax breviducta L. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2023 – China
  • Echinax clara Haddad, 2012Ghana, DR Congo
  • Echinax hesperis Haddad, 2012 – Ivory Coast
  • Echinax javana (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995) – Indonesia (Java)
  • Echinax longespina (Simon, 1909) – Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gabon, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
  • Echinax natalensis Haddad, 2012 – South Africa
  • Echinax oxyopoides (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995) – China, Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo) (type species)
  • Echinax panache Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001India, China, Thailand
  • Echinax scharffi Haddad, 2012 – Tanzania
  • Echinax similis Haddad, 2012 – South Africa
  • Echinax spatulata Haddad, 2012 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Rep. DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania
  • Echinax wuzhishan L. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2023 – China (Hainan)

References

  1. Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2001). Forest spiders of South East Asia: with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanterriidae [sic]). 
  2. "Genus Echinax". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/537. Retrieved 2025-10-01. 

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