Parachemmis
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Parachemmis
| authority = Chickering, 1937
| type_species = P. fuscus
| type_species_authority = Chickering, 1937
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 4, see text
}}
Parachemmis is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Arthur M. Chickering in 1937 as a genus of ground spiders.{{cite journal| last=Chickering| first=A. M.| year=1937| title=The Clubionidae of Barro Colorado Island, Panama.| journal=Transactions of the American Microscopical Society| pages=1–47| volume=56| issue=1| doi=10.2307/3222720| jstor=3222720}} It was transferred to Liocranidae in 1969,{{cite journal| last=Reiskind| first=J.| year=1969| title=The spider subfamily Castianeirinae of North and Central America (Araneae, Clubionidae)| journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology| volume=138| page=166}} and to Corinnidae in 1994.{{cite journal| last1=Bonaldo| first1=A. B.| last2=Brescovit| first2=A. D.| year=1994| title=Revision of the Neotropical spider genus Stethorrhagus (Araneae, Corinnidae)| journal=Andrias| volume=13| page=34}}
Species
{{as of|2019|04}} it contains four species in Central and South America:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Parachemmis Chickering, 1937| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-05-21| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/568| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}
- Parachemmis fuscus Chickering, 1937 (type) – Panama
- Parachemmis hassleri (Gertsch, 1942) – Guyana
- Parachemmis julioblancoi Martinez-G & Villarreal, 2017 – Colombia
- Parachemmis manauara Bonaldo, 2000 – Brazil
References
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Category:Spiders of Central America
Category:Spiders of South America
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