Biology:Stenochilus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Stenochilus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Stenochilidae
Genus: Stenochilus
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871[1]
Type species
S. hobsoni
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871
Species
Synonyms[1]
  • Metronax Simon, 1893[2]

Stenochilus is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the Stenochilidae family, and was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871.[3] (As of September 2019) it contains three species, found in Asia: S. crocatus, S. hobsoni, and S. scutulatus.[1] It is considered a senior synonym of Metronax[2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Stenochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3175. Retrieved 2019-10-13. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1974). "A revision of the spider family Stenochilidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". American Museum Novitates (2556): 8. 
  3. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1871). "On some new genera and species of Araneida". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 38: 728–747. 

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