Stenochilidae

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iStenochilidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Palpimanoidea
Family: Stenochilidae
Thorell, 1873
Diversity
2 genera, 12 species

Genera

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The Stenochilidae are a spider family with twelve described species in two genera.

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[edit] Distribution

The Stenochilidae occur in Southeast Asia.

[edit] Species

Colopea Simon, 1893

  • Colopea laeta (Thorell, 1895) (Myanmar, Thailand)
  • Colopea malayana Lehtinen, 1982 (Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore)
  • Colopea pusilla (Simon, 1893) (Philippines)
  • Colopea romantica Lehtinen, 1982 (Bali)
  • Colopea silvestris Lehtinen, 1982 (New Guinea)
  • Colopea tuberculata Platnick & Shadab, 1974 (Fiji)
  • Colopea unifoveata Lehtinen, 1982 (Borneo)
  • Colopea virgata Lehtinen, 1982 (Thailand, Vietnam)
  • Colopea xerophila Lehtinen, 1982 (New Guinea)

Stenochilus O. P-Cambridge, 1870

  • Stenochilus crocatus Simon, 1884 (Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka)
  • Stenochilus hobsoni O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 (India)
  • Stenochilus scutulatus Platnick & Shadab, 1974 (India)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Platnick, N.I., Shadab, M.U. (1974). A revision of the spider family Stenochilidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum novitates 2556 PDF - Abstract
  • Penney, D. 2004. Cretaceous Canadian amber spider and the palpimanoidean nature of lagonomegopids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (4): 579–584. PDF



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