Stenochilus

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Stenochilus

| authority = O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871

| type_species = S. hobsoni

| type_species_authority = O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{Specieslist

| S. crocatus|Simon, 1884 – Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka

| S. hobsoni|O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 – India

| S. scutulatus|Platnick & Shadab, 1974 – India}}

| synonyms =

• Metronax Simon, 1893

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Stenochilus is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the Stenochilidae family, and was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871.{{cite journal| last=Pickard-Cambridge| first=O.| year=1871| title=On some new genera and species of Araneida| journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London| pages=728–747| volume=38| author-link=Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge}} {{as of|2019|09}} it contains three species, found in Asia: S. crocatus, S. hobsoni, and S. scutulatus.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Stenochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-10-13| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3175| doi=10.24436/2}} It is considered a senior synonym of Metronax{{cite journal| last1=Platnick| first1=N. I.| last2=Shadab| first2=M. U.| year=1974| title=A revision of the spider family Stenochilidae (Arachnida, Araneae)| journal=American Museum Novitates| issue=2556| page=8}}