''Echinotheridion'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

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in 1963.

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it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of ''E. gibberosum'', found on

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Echinotheridion elicolum ''Echinotheridion'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963. Species it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of ''E. gibberosum'', found on Madeira and the Canary Is ...

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Echinotheridion gibberosum ''Echinotheridion'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963. Species it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of ''E. gibberosum'', found on Madeira and the Canary Is ...

'' ( Kulczyński, 1899) – Madeira, Canary Is. *''

Echinotheridion levii ''Echinotheridion'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963. Species it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of ''E. gibberosum'', found on Madeira and the Canary Is ...

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Echinotheridion lirum ''Echinotheridion'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963. Species it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of ''E. gibberosum'', found on Madeira and the Canary I ...

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Echinotheridion otlum ''Echinotheridion'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963. Species it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of ''E. gibberosum'', found on Madeira and the Canary Is ...

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Echinotheridion urarum ''Echinotheridion'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963. Species it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of ''E. gibberosum'', found on Madeira and the Canary Is ...

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Echinotheridion utibile ''Echinotheridion'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963. Species it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of ''E. gibberosum'', found on Madeira and the Canary Is ...

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Araneomorphae genera Spiders of South America Theridiidae {{Theridiidae-stub

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