Stenochilus

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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]

Stenochilus
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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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Stenochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ a b 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.