Stenaelurillus

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Stenaelurillus

| image = Stenaelurillus_lesserti_05_female.jpg

| image_caption = S. lesserti, female

| authority = Simon, 1886

| type_species = S. nigricaudus

| type_species_authority = Simon, 1886

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 46, see text

| synonyms =

• Mashonarus Wesołowska & Cumming, 2002{{cite journal| last1=Logunov| first1=D. V.| last2=Azarkina| first2=G. N.| year=2018| title=Redefinition and partial revision of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae)| journal=European Journal of Taxonomy| issue=430| page=4}}
• Microheros Wesołowska & Cumming, 1999
• Philotheroides Strand, 1934{{cite journal| last=Prószyński| first=J.| year=1984| title=Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae)| journal=Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna, Siedlcach| volume=2| page=138}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Stenaelurillus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1886.{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1886| title=Etudes arachnologiques. 18e Mémoire. XXVI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune des Arachnides du Sénégal. (Suivi d'une appendice intitulé: Descriptions de plusieurs espèces africaines nouvelles)| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France| pages=345–396| volume=5| issue=6| author-link=Eugène Simon}} Most species live in Africa, with some species found in Asia, including China.{{cite book| last1=Murphy| first1=Frances| last2=Murphy| first2=John| year=2000| title=An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia| publisher=Malaysian Nature Society| location=Kuala Lumpur}} All species have two white longitudinal stripes on the carapace, and both sexes show strong bristles around the eyes.{{cite journal| last1=Szűts| first1=T.| last2=Scharff| first2=N.| year=2005| title=Redescriptions of little known jumping spider genera (Araneae: Salticidae) from West Africa| journal=Acta Zoologica Hungarica| volume=51| issue=4| pages=357–378| url=http://zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu/publication/actazool/51/4/szuts_scharff.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720081312/http://zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu/publication/actazool/51/4/szuts_scharff.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2006-07-20}} The name is a combination of the Greek sten- "narrow" and the salticid genus Aelurillus.