Stenaelurillus
Genus of spiders
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Stenaelurillus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1886.[4] Most species live in Africa, with some species found in Asia, including China.[5] All species have two white longitudinal stripes on the carapace, and both sexes show strong bristles around the eyes.[6]
| Stenaelurillus | |
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| female S. modestus | |
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| male S. guttiger | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. nigricaudus Simon, 1886 | |
| Species | |
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59, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The name is a combination of the Greek sten- "narrow" and the salticid genus Aelurillus.
Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 59 species:[1]
- Stenaelurillus abramovi Logunov, 2008 – Thailand, Vietnam
- Stenaelurillus albopunctatus Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
- Stenaelurillus albus Sebastian, Sankaran, Malamel & Joseph, 2015 – India
- Stenaelurillus arambagensis (B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 1992) – Pakistan, India
- Stenaelurillus bandama Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 – Ivory Coast
- Stenaelurillus belihuloya Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 – Sri Lanka
- Stenaelurillus brandbergensis (Wesołowska, 2006) – Namibia
- Stenaelurillus darwini Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania, Kenya
- Stenaelurillus feral Tripathi, Kuni & Kadam, 2024 – India
- Stenaelurillus furcatus Wesołowska, 2014 – Namibia
- Stenaelurillus fuscatus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Kenya, Tanzania
- Stenaelurillus fuscus Cao & Li, 2016 – China
- Stenaelurillus gabrieli Prajapati, Murthappa, Sankaran & Sebastian, 2016 – India
- Stenaelurillus glaber Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda
- Stenaelurillus guttatus (Wesołowska & Cumming, 2002) – Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
- Stenaelurillus guttiger (Simon, 1901) – Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
- Stenaelurillus hirsutus Lessert, 1927 – Senegal, Ghana, DR Congo, Central Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya
- Stenaelurillus ignobilis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011 – Zimbabwe
- Stenaelurillus ilesai Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2020 – Sri Lanka
- Stenaelurillus indicus Logunov, 2020 – India
- Stenaelurillus iubatus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Ghana, Nigeria
- Stenaelurillus jocquei Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 – Cameroon
- Stenaelurillus judithbleisterae Kadam, Tripathi & Kuni, 2024 – India
- Stenaelurillus kavango Wesołowska, 2014 – Namibia
- Stenaelurillus kronestedti Próchniewicz & Heçiak, 1994 – Tanzania
- Stenaelurillus latibulbis Wesołowska, 2014 – DR Congo, Zambia
- Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser, 1934 – India, Sri Lanka
- Stenaelurillus leucogrammus Simon, 1902 – Zimbabwe, Mozambique
- Stenaelurillus mardanicus Ali & Maddison, 2018 – Pakistan
- Stenaelurillus marusiki Logunov, 2001 – Iran, India
- Stenaelurillus megamalai Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023 – India
- Stenaelurillus metallicus Caleb & Mathai, 2016 – India
- Stenaelurillus minutus Song & Chai, 1991 – China (Hainan)
- Stenaelurillus mirabilis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania, Kenya
- Stenaelurillus modestus Wesołowska, 2014 – South Africa
- Stenaelurillus naldurg Kuni, Kadam & Tripathi, 2024 – India
- Stenaelurillus neyyar Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023 – India
- Stenaelurillus nigricaudus Simon, 1886 – Algeria, Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso (type species)
- Stenaelurillus pecten Wesołowska, 2014 – Botswana, Zambia
- Stenaelurillus pilosus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Stenaelurillus pseudoguttatus Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 – Namibia
- Stenaelurillus sarojinae Caleb & Mathai, 2014 – India
- Stenaelurillus senegalensis Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 – Senegal
- Stenaelurillus shwetamukhi Marathe, Sanap, & Maddison, 2022 – India
- Stenaelurillus siyamae Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 – Sudan
- Stenaelurillus solapur Kuni, Tripathi & Kadam, 2024 – India
- Stenaelurillus specularis Wesołowska, 2014 – Malawi
- Stenaelurillus strandi Caporiacco, 1939 – Ethiopia
- Stenaelurillus striolatus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Stenaelurillus sudanicus Wesołowska, 2014 – Sudan
- Stenaelurillus tamravarni Marathe & Maddison, 2022 – India
- Stenaelurillus termitophagus (Wesołowska & Cumming, 1999) – Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa
- Stenaelurillus tettu Logunov, 2020 – India
- Stenaelurillus triguttatus Simon, 1886 – Nepal, China
- Stenaelurillus uniguttatus Lessert, 1925 – Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania
- Stenaelurillus vyaghri Sanap, Joglekar, & Caleb, 2022 – India
- Stenaelurillus wa Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025 – Ghana
- Stenaelurillus wandae Logunov, 2020 – India
- Stenaelurillus zambiensis Wesołowska, 2014 – Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Nomina dubia
- Stenaelurillus giovae Caporiacco, 1936
- Stenaelurillus setosus (Thorell, 1895)
