Stenochilidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of
southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...
n
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their ...
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
s that produce
ecribellate
Cribellum literally means "little sieve", and in biology the term generally applies to anatomical structures in the form of tiny perforated plates.
In certain groups of diatoms it refers to microscopically punctured regions of the frustule, or o ...
silk. First described by
Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Octaviu ...
in 1873, it now contains twelve described species in two genera.
Species
, the
World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...
accepts the following genera and species:
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Colopea'' Simon, 1893
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Colopea laeta''
(Thorell, 1895) — Myanmar, Thailand
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Colopea lehtineni''
Zheng, Marusik & Li, 2009 — China
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Colopea malayana''
Lehtinen, 1982 — Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore
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Colopea pusilla''
(Simon, 1893) — Philippines
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Colopea romantica''
Lehtinen, 1982 — Bali
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Colopea silvestris''
Lehtinen, 1982 — New Guinea
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Colopea tuberculata''
Platnick & Shadab, 1974 — Fiji
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Colopea unifoveata''
Lehtinen, 1982 — Borneo
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Colopea virgata''
Lehtinen, 1982 — Thailand, Vietnam
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Colopea xerophila''
Lehtinen, 1982 — New Guinea
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Stenochilus''
O. P-Cambridge, 1870
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Stenochilus crocatus'' Simon, 1884 — Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka
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Stenochilus hobsoni'' O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 — India
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Stenochilus scutulatus'' Platnick & Shadab, 1974 — India
See also
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List of Stenochilidae species
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References
Araneomorphae families
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