Selenogyrinae
| Selenogyrinae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Selenogyrinae Hirst, 1908 |
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The Selenogyrinae are a subfamily of tarantulas found in Africa and Asia.[1]
Characteristics[edit]
The Selenogyrinae are characterized by a unique stridulating organ situated between the chelicerae, which consists of two very similar rows of hair. In Annandaliella, this is reduced.[2] Some species have labiosternal mounds and the clypeus is usually absent, or very narrow.[3]
Genera[edit]
The WSC currently accepts these genera:[1]
- Annandaliella, Hirst 1909
- Euphrictus, Hirst 1908
- Selenogyrus, Pocock 1897
Selenogyrus and Euphrictus were the original genera in Hirst's 1908 Selenogyrinae. Annandaliella was added by Schmidt in 1993.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog. NMBE. Retrieved June, 2016.
- ^ Hirst, A. S. (1908). On a new type of stridulating-organ in mygalomorph spiders, with the description of a new genus and species belonging to the suborder. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 2: 401-405
- ^ Smith, A.M. (1990). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. London: Fitzgerald Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9510939-7-9.
- ^ Schmidt, G. (1993). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch Verlag, Hannover, 151 pp.