Echinax
Genus of spiders
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Echinax is a genus of Asian and African corinnid sac spiders first described by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold in 2001.[2]
| Echinax | |
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| E. panache from Hong Kong | |
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| E. panache | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Corinnidae |
| Genus: | Echinax Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. oxyopoides (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995) | |
| Species | |
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15, see text | |
Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes fifteen species:[1]
- 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, 2012 – Ghana, 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, 2001 – India, 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)