Stenochilus is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the Stenochilidae family, and was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871.[3] As of September 2019[update] it contains three species, found in Asia: S. crocatus, S. hobsoni, and S. scutulatus.[1] It is considered a senior synonym of Metronax[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Stenochilidae |
| Genus: | Stenochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871[1] |
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| S. hobsoni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Stenochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ a b Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1974). "A revision of the spider family Stenochilidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". American Museum Novitates (2556): 8.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1871). "On some new genera and species of Araneida". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 38: 728–747.
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