''Colopea'' is a

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araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...

spiders in the

Stenochilidae Stenochilidae is a family of southeast Asian araneomorph spiders that produce ecribellate silk. First described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1873, it now contains twelve described species in two genera. Species , the World Spider Catalog The World ...

family, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.

Species

it contains ten species, found in Asia, on

Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

, and in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

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Colopea laeta ''Colopea laeta'' is a species of spider belonging to the family Stenochilidae. Distribution This spider species is found in Myanmar and Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the offici ...

'' ( Thorell, 1895) –

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

*'' Colopea lehtineni'' Zheng, Marusik & Li, 2009 –

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

*'' Colopea malayana'' Lehtinen, 1982 – Thailand,

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

*'' Colopea pusilla'' (Simon, 1893) (

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Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

*'' Colopea romantica'' Lehtinen, 1982 –

Bali Bali (English:; Balinese language, Balinese: ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller o ...

*'' Colopea silvestris'' Lehtinen, 1982 – New Guinea *'' Colopea tuberculata'' Platnick & Shadab, 1974 –

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Colopea unifoveata ''Colopea'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the Stenochilidae family, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893. Species it contains ten species, found in Asia, on Fiji, and in Papua New Guinea: *''Colopea laeta'' ( Thorell, 1 ...

'' Lehtinen, 1982 –

Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...

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Colopea virgata ''Colopea'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the Stenochilidae family, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893. Species it contains ten species, found in Asia, on Fiji, and in Papua New Guinea: *''Colopea laeta'' ( Thorell, 1 ...

'' Lehtinen, 1982 – Thailand,

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

*'' Colopea xerophila'' Lehtinen, 1982 – New Guinea

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Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Asia Stenochilidae {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

See also

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