The World Spider Catalog, Version 5.5
by Norman I. Platnick

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FAM. STENOCHILIDAE Thorell, 1873

Last updated Apr. 26, 2001

In synonymy:
Metronax Simon, 1893 = Stenochilus O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 (Platnick & Shadab, 1974b: 8).

Gen. Colopea Simon, 1893

mf laeta (Thorell, 1895)....................Myanmar, Thailand
Metronax laetus Thorell, 1895: 18 (Dj).
C. pusilla Platnick & Shadab, 1974b: 11, f. 19-21 (Dmf, misidentified; T C. l. from Metronax=Stenochilus, S, rejected).
C. l. Lehtinen, 1982: 122, f. 6, 17-18, 26-27, 40 (mf, removed from S).

mf malayana Lehtinen, 1982....................Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore
C. pusilla Platnick & Shadab, 1974b: 11, f. 14, 22-24 (mf, misidentified).
C. m. Lehtinen, 1982: 120, f. 2, 15, 37 (Dmf).

mf pusilla (Simon, 1893) *....................Philippines
Stenochilus pusillus Simon, 1893c: 76 (Df).
C. p. Simon, 1893a: 397.
C. p. Lehtinen, 1982: 119, f. 1, 13-14, 25, 34 (Dmf; Simon's f is juvenile).
C. p. Brignoli, 1982c: 457, f. 1 (m).
C. p. Forster & Platnick, 1984: 81, f. 300, 321-323, 326 (m).

m romantica Lehtinen, 1982....................Bali
C. r. Lehtinen, 1982: 122, f. 8, 21-22, 32 (Dm).

mf silvestris Lehtinen, 1982....................New Guinea
C. s. Lehtinen, 1982: 120, f. 3, 12, 28-30, 36 (Dmf).

m tuberculata Platnick & Shadab, 1974....................Fiji
C. t. Platnick & Shadab, 1974b: 12, f. 25-30 (Dm).

j unifoveata Lehtinen, 1982....................Borneo
C. u. Lehtinen, 1982: 120, f. 4 (Dj).

mf virgata Lehtinen, 1982....................Thailand, Vietnam
C. v. Lehtinen, 1982: 123, f. 7, 10, 16, 33, 38 (Dmf).

mf xerophila Lehtinen, 1982....................New Guinea
C. x. Lehtinen, 1982: 121, f. 5, 9, 19-20, 23-24, 31, 39 (Dmf).

Gen. Stenochilus O. P.-Cambridge, 1870

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Metronax Simon, 1893 by Platnick & Shadab, 1974b: 8.

Transferred to other genera:
S. laetus Thorell, 1895 -- see Colopea.

In synonymy:
S. raudus Simon, 1884 = S. hobsoni O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 (Platnick & Shadab, 1974b: 8).

f crocatus Simon, 1884....................Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka
S. c. Simon, 1884q: 341, f. 4-5 (Df).
Metronax c. Simon, 1893a: 396, f. 349-353 (f).
S. c. Platnick & Shadab, 1974b: 9, f. 16-18 (f).
S. c. Brignoli, 1982c: 455, f. 2-3 (f).

mf hobsoni O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 *....................India
S. hobsonii O. P.-Cambridge, 1870d: 729, pl. 44, f. 1 (Dm).
S. raudus Simon, 1884q: 368 (Dm).
S. h. Simon, 1893a: 396.
Metronax raudus Simon, 1893a: 396, f. 354 (m).
S. h. Platnick & Shadab, 1974b: 8, f. 1-12 (m, Df, S).
S. h. Forster & Platnick, 1984: 81, f. 298, 301, 308-320, 327 (mf).

m scutulatus Platnick & Shadab, 1974....................India
S. s. Platnick & Shadab, 1974b: 9, f. 13, 15 (Dm).