Australoechemus

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon=Australoechemus

|authority=Schmidt & Piepho, 1994

|type_species=A. oecobiophilus

|type_species_authority=Schmidt & Piepho, 1994

|subdivision_ranks=Species

|subdivision={{Specieslist

|A. celer|Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 – Cape Verde Is.

|A. oecobiophilus|Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 – Cape Verde Is.}}

}}

Australoechemus is a genus of West African ground spiders that was first described by Günter Schmidt (arachnologist), M. Geisthardt & F. Piepho in 1994.{{cite journal|last=Schmidt|first=G.|last2=Geisthardt|first2=M.|last3=Piepho|first3=F.|year=1994|title=Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna der Kapverdischen Inseln (Arachnida: Araneida).|journal=Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins|pages=81–126|volume=19}} {{as of|2019|05}} it contains only two species, both found on the Cape Verde islands: A. celer and A. oecobiophilus.{{cite web|title=Gen. Australoechemus Schmidt & Piepho, 1994|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|accessdate=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/905|doi=10.24436/2}}