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of slender, long-legged

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, the majority of which occur in the

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and

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n regions.

Species

*'' S. albisternum'' Evenhuis, 2016 -

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

. *'' S. angustipennis'' Melander, 1920 *'' S. bifasciata'' Yang & Wang, 1992 *'' S. borneensis'' Evenhuis, 2016 -

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

. *'' S. brunneipennis'' (De Meijere, 1914) *'' S. caestus'' Evenhuis, 2016 -

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. *'' S. caliginosa'' Iwasa, 1992 *'' S. coarctata'' Hendel, 1913 *'' S. crinita'' Hennig, 1940 *'' S. darlingi'' Evenhuis, 2016 -

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

. *'' S. dorsocentralis'' Papp, 2006 - Thailand. *'' S. federeri'' Evenhuis, 2016 - Philippines. Named after tennis champion

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because of its distinctive racquet-shaped male palpus. *'' S. freidbergi'' Shatalkin, 1996 *'' S. gibbifera'' Shatalkin, 1993 *'' S. hauseri'' Evenhuis, 2016 - Thailand,

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. *'' S. immaculata'' Hennig, 1940 - Taiwan. *'' S. indochinensis'' Evenhuis, 2016 -

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

, Thailand, Vietnam. *'' S. inundans'' Evenhuis, 2016 - Philippines. *'' S. laosensis'' Evenhuis, 2016 -

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

. *'' S. lowi'' Evenhuis, 2016 -

Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area ...

. *'' S. lutea'' (De Meijere, 1914) *'' S. macrocera'' Papp, 2006 - Thailand. *'' S. malayensis'' Evenhuis, 2016 - Malay Peninsula. *'' S. metatarsata'' De Meijere, 1919 *'' S. microstyla'' Shatalkin, 1996 - Philippines. *'' S. nigricoxa'' (De Meijere, 1914) *'' S. nigripalpis'' Evenhuis, 2016 - Malay Peninsula. *'' S. oxybeles'' Evenhuis, 2016 - Sumatra. *'' S. palpalis'' Papp, 2006 - Thailand. *'' S. pappi'' Evenhuis, 2016 - Thailand. *'' S. pectinigera'' Shatalkin, 1996 *'' S. pengellyi'' Barber, 2007 -

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. *'' S. phillindablank'' Evenhuis, 2016 -

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

(

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

). *'' S. pictipes''

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, 1935 *'' S. polita'' (De Meijere, 1914) *'' S. punctata'' Hennig, 1940 - Taiwan. *'' S. sichuanica'' Evenhuis, 2016 -

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

(China). *'' S. spinosa'' Frey, 1956 - Northern

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. *'' S. sumatrana'' Evenhuis, 2016 - Sumatra. *'' S. thaii'' Papp, 2006 - Thailand. *'' S. thailandica'' Evenhuis, 2016 - Thailand. *'' S. ustulata'' (

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, 1844) - Europe. *'' S. verrucifera'' Shatalkin, 1996

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