{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon=Australoechemus |authority=Schmidt & Piepho, 1994<ref name=NMBE /> |type_species=''A. oecobiophilus'' |type_species_authority=Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 |subdivision_ranks=Species |subdivision={{Specieslist |''A. celer''|<small>Schmidt & Piepho, 1994</small> – Cape Verde Is. |''A. oecobiophilus''|<small>Schmidt & Piepho, 1994</small> – 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.<ref name=Schm1994>{{cite journal|last1=Schmidt|first1=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}}</ref> {{as of|2019|05}} it contains only two species, both found on the Cape Verde islands: ''A. celer'' and ''A. oecobiophilus''.<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal|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}}</ref>
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Category:Gnaphosidae genera Category:Gnaphosidae Category:Spiders of Africa Category:Taxa named by Günter E. W. Schmidt
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