Australoechemus celer

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Australoechemus celer is a species of ground spider of the family Gnaphosidae that is endemic in Cape Verde.{{cite web|author=World Spider Catalog|url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/10635|title=Australoechemus celer|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|year=2018}} The species was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt and Friedhelm Piepho in 1994. It occurs on the islands of Sal and Santiago.García, Macías & Oromí, 2005 : [http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/opencms8/export/sites/medioambiente/piac/galerias/descargas/Documentos/Publicaciones/Publicaciones-LPESCaboVerde.pdf Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres.] [Preliminary lists of forest species of Cape Verde] Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 63

Description

The male holotype measures about 5 mm.{{cite journal|author=Schmidt, Geisthardt & Piepho|title=Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna der Kapverdischen Inseln (Arachnida: Araneida)|journal=Mitteilungen des internationalen entomologischen Vereins|volume=19|issue=3/4|year=1994|pages=103-4|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018221458/http://www.entomology-iev.de/pdf/1994-19(3-4)%20Schmidt%20et%20al%20Araneida%20Kapverden.pdf|archive-date=18 October 2012|url-status=dead|url=http://www.entomology-iev.de/pdf/1994-19%283-4%29%20Schmidt%20et%20al%20Araneida%20Kapverden.pdf}}

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