Spariolenus Simon, 1880 Type species: Spariolenus tigris Simon, 1880, from eastern India, Calcutta. For redescription and illustration see Jäger (2001, 2006). Generic diagnosis. Distinguished from other Heteropodinae by a combination of somatic and genital characters: most importantly, the number of spines on ventral tibia of legs: I–II 10, III 8 and IV 6 (vs. commonly I–IV 6 in others); male palp with short v- and dRTA; female copulatory organ with two spirally coiled CO which constructing two large rims ventrally. For detailed generic diagnosis see Moradmand and Jäger (2011).

Published as part of Moradmand, Majid, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil & Kulkarni, Siddharth, 2023, Taxonomic revision of the troglophile Spariolenus spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae) in South and West Asia, pp. 77-95 in Zootaxa 5380 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/10212761