Stenochilidae

Stenochilidae
Systematics
Class :	Arachnids (arachnida)
Order :	Spiders (Araneae)
Subordination :	Real spiders (Araneomorphae)
Partial order :	Entelegynae
Superfamily :	Palpimanoidea
Family :	Stenochilidae
Scientific name
	Stenochilidae
	Thorell , 1873

The Stenochilidae are a family of real spiders from the superfamily of the Palpimaniodea . The family currently comprises two genera and 13 species . (As of June 2016)

features

Stenochilidae reach a total length of 3.5 to 10 mm. Your deep red, heavily tuberculated carapace is diamond-shaped with the widest point behind the second pair of legs. The front row of eyes is slightly bent back and the rear row strongly bent forward. The anterior median eyes are dark, the others are light. The posterior median eyes are elongated, the others circular.

distribution

Distribution map of the Stenochilidae

The species of the family Stenochilidae are distributed from Southeast Asia ( Calopea ) to India ( Stenochilus ).

Systematics

Since the 1984 revision by Forster & Platnick, Stenochilidae are now part of the Palpimanoidea superfamily and no longer belong to the Archaeidea. The World Spider Catalog currently lists two genera and 13 species for the Stenochilidae. (As of June 2016)

Colopea Simon , 1893
- Colopea laeta (Thorell , 1895)
- Colopea lehtineni Zheng, Marusik & Li , 2009
- Colopea malayana Lehtinen , 1982
- Colopea pusilla (Simon , 1893)
- Colopea romantica Lehtinen , 1982
- Colopea silvestris Lehtinen , 1982
- Colopea tuberculata Platnick & Shadab , 1974
- Colopea unifoveata Lehtinen , 1982
- Colopea virgata Lehtinen , 1982
- Colopea xerophila Lehtinen , 1982
Stenochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge , 1870 ( Syn . : Metronax Simon , 1893 )
- Stenochilus crocatus Simon , 1884
- Stenochilus hobsoni O. Pickard-Cambridge , 1870
- Stenochilus scutulatus Platnick & Shadab , 1974

Web links

Commons : Stenochilidae - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Stenochilidae in the World Spider Catalog

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 17.0 - Stenochilidae . Retrieved June 20, 2016.
^ ^A ^b N. I. Platnick, MU Shadab (1974): A revision of the spider family Stenochilidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum novitates, 2556 ( PDF ).

[WSC-1] Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 17.0 - Stenochilidae . Retrieved June 20, 2016.

[Platnik_1974-2] A ^b N. I. Platnick, MU Shadab (1974): A revision of the spider family Stenochilidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum novitates, 2556 ( PDF ).