Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886

Sebastian, Pothalil A., Sankaran, Pradeep M., Malamel, Jobi J. & Joseph, Mathew M., 2015, Description of new species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from the Western Ghats of India with the redescription of Stenaelurilluslesserti Reimoser, 1934 and notes on mating plug in the genus (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae), ZooKeys 491, pp. 63-78 : 64

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Salticidae

Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886

Diagnosis.

Medium sized spiders. Prosoma of all the known Stenaelurillus species has two white transverse stripes. Both male and female have strong bristles on the ocular area. Male palp with a short, not coiled and visible embolus, and tegulum with characteristic retrobasal process. RTA is simple and strongly sclerotized. Epigyne is simple, with thick-walled copulatory openings and short copulatory ducts, and is often accompanied by accessory glands ( Szűts and Scharff 2005).

Type species.

Stenaelurillus nigricaudus Simon, 1886, by original designation.

Distribution.

Africa, Asia ( World Spider Catalog 2014).