Stenochilidae is a family of southeast Asian araneomorph spiders that produce ecribellate silk.[1] First described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1873,[2] it now contains twelve described species in two genera.
Stenochilidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Superfamily: | Palpimanoidea |
Family: | Stenochilidae Thorell, 1873 |
Genera | |
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Diversity | |
2 genera, 14 species | |
As of April 2019[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera and species:[3][4]
Colopea Simon, 1893
Stenochilus O. P-Cambridge, 1870