Selenogyrinae
| Selenogyrinae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Hirst, 1908 |
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The Selenogyrinae are a subfamily of tarantulas found in Africa and Asia.[1]
Characteristics
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
The WSC currently accepts these genera:[1]
- Annandaliella, Hirst 1909
- Euphrictus, Hirst 1908
- Selenogyrus, Pocock 1897
Selenogyrus and Euphrictus were the original genera in Arthur Stanley Hirst's 1908 Selenogyrinae. Annandaliella genus, also described by Hirst in 1909, was added to the subfamily by Gunter Schmidt in 1993.[4]
References
- ^ 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.