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Issue: Vol. 5711 No. 4: 21 Oct. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.9
Page range: 596-598
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 2

On the generic affiliation of “Echemella” occulta (Benoit, 1965) (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)

Department of Biology; Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences; University of Prishtina; Mother Teresa Street p.n.; 10000 Prishtinë; Republic of Kosovo; Arachnology Research Association; 124 City Road; London; ECIV 2NX; United Kingdom; Fundación Ariguanabo; 4111; Calle 58; e/ ave. 41 y ave. 43; San Antonio de los Baños; Provincia Artemisa c.p. 18100; Cuba; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas de Honduras (CIBIOH); 5to piso edificio palmira; Departamento Francisco Morazán; Tegucigalpa; Honduras
Royal Museum for Central Africa; Tervuren; Belgium
Araneae Allodrassus occultus Echemella Democratic Republic of the Congo

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How to Cite

Sherwood, D. & Jocqué, R. (2025) On the generic affiliation of “Echemella” occulta (Benoit, 1965) (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa, 5711 (4), 596–598. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.9