''Anachemmis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of North American false wolf spiders that was first described by

Ralph Vary Chamberlin Ralph Vary Chamberlin (January 3, 1879October 31, 1967) was an American biologist, ethnographer, and historian from Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a faculty member of the University of Utah for over 25 years, where he helped establish the School ...

in 1919. It was briefly synonymized with ''

Titiotus ''Titiotus'' is a genus of American false wolf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897. Spiders in this genus are often misidentified as the brown recluse spider of the genus Loxosceles due to similarities of coloration ...

'', but was reconfirmed as its own distinct genus in 1999.

Species

it contains five species, found in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

and the

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: *'' Anachemmis aalbui'' Platnick & Ubick, 2005 – USA *'' Anachemmis beattyi'' Platnick & Ubick, 2005 – USA,

*'' Anachemmis jungi'' Platnick & Ubick, 2005 – USA *'' Anachemmis linsdalei'' Platnick & Ubick, 2005 – USA *'' Anachemmis sober'' Chamberlin, 1919 ( type) – USA ;Formerly included *''Anachemmis dolichopus'' Chamberlin, 1919 = '' Socalchemmis dolichopus''

References

Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Mexico Spiders of the United States Zoropsidae {{Zoropsidae-stub

Species

See also

References