''Stenaelurillus'' is a genus of

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that was first described by

Eugène Louis Simon Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Africa, with some species found in Asia, including

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. All species have two white longitudinal stripes on the

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, and both sexes show strong bristles around the eyes. The name is a combination of the Greek ''sten-'' "narrow" and the salticid genus ''

Aelurillus ''Aelurillus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Description Species of the genus ''Aelurillus'' are typically about 7 mm long in females, and up to five mm in males. They are stout, squat-shaped and rather f ...

''.

Species

it contains forty-six species, found only in Africa and Asia: *'' Stenaelurillus abramovi'' Logunov, 2008 – Thailand, Vietnam *'' Stenaelurillus albopunctatus'' Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya *'' Stenaelurillus albus'' Sebastian, Sankaran, Malamel & Joseph, 2015 – India *'' Stenaelurillus arambagensis'' (Biswas & Biswas, 1992) – India *'' Stenaelurillus bandama'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 – Ivory Coast *'' Stenaelurillus belihuloya'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 –

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*'' Stenaelurillus brandbergensis'' ( Wesolowska, 2006) – Namibia *'' Stenaelurillus darwini'' Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania, Kenya *'' Stenaelurillus furcatus'' Wesolowska, 2014 – Namibia *'' Stenaelurillus fuscatus'' Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Kenya, Tanzania *'' Stenaelurillus fuscus'' Cao & Li, 2016 –

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'' Prajapati, Murthappa, Sankaran & Sebastian, 2016 – India *'' Stenaelurillus glaber'' Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda *'' Stenaelurillus guttatus'' (Wesolowska & Cumming, 2002) – Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe *'' Stenaelurillus guttiger'' (Simon, 1901) – Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Stenaelurillus hirsutus'' Lessert, 1927 – Senegal, Ghana,

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, Central Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya *'' Stenaelurillus ignobilis'' Wesolowska & Cumming, 2011 – Zimbabwe *'' Stenaelurillus iubatus'' Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria *'' Stenaelurillus jagannathae'' Das, Malik & Vidhel, 2015 – India *'' Stenaelurillus jocquei'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 – Cameroon *'' Stenaelurillus kavango'' Wesolowska, 2014 – Namibia *'' Stenaelurillus kronestedti'' Próchniewicz & Heçiak, 1994 – Tanzania *'' Stenaelurillus latibulbis'' Wesołowska, 2014 – Congo, Zambia *'' Stenaelurillus lesserti'' Reimoser, 1934 – India, Sri Lanka *'' Stenaelurillus leucogrammus'' Simon, 1902 – Zimbabwe, Mozambique *'' Stenaelurillus mardanicus'' Ali &

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, 2018 – Pakistan *'' Stenaelurillus marusiki'' Logunov, 2001 – Iran *'' Stenaelurillus metallicus'' Caleb & Mathai, 2016 – India *'' Stenaelurillus minutus'' Song & Chai, 1991 – China *'' Stenaelurillus mirabilis'' Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania, Kenya *'' Stenaelurillus modestus'' Wesołowska, 2014 – South Africa *'' Stenaelurillus nigricaudus'' Simon, 1886 (

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) – Algeria, Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso *'' Stenaelurillus pecten'' Wesolowska, 2014 – Botswana, Zambia *'' Stenaelurillus pilosus'' Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria *'' Stenaelurillus pseudoguttatus'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 – Namibia *'' Stenaelurillus sarojinae'' Caleb & Mathai, 2014 – India *'' Stenaelurillus senegalensis'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 – Senegal *'' Stenaelurillus siyamae'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 –

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*'' Stenaelurillus specularis'' Wesolowska, 2014 – Malawi *'' Stenaelurillus strandi'' Caporiacco, 1939 – Ethiopia *'' Stenaelurillus striolatus'' Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria *'' Stenaelurillus sudanicus'' Wesolowska, 2014 – Sudan *'' Stenaelurillus termitophagus'' (Wesołowska & Cumming, 1999) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa *'' Stenaelurillus triguttatus'' Simon, 1886 – Nepal, Tibet *'' Stenaelurillus uniguttatus'' Lessert, 1925 – Ethiopia,

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*'' Stenaelurillus zambiensis'' Wesołowska, 2014 – Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Nomen dubium

* '' Stenaelurillus giovae'' Caporiacco, 1936 * '' Stenaelurillus setosus'' (Thorell, 1895)

References

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