Selenogyrinae

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Selenogyrinae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Subfamily: Selenogyrinae
Hirst, 1908
Genera

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The Selenogyrinae are a subfamily of tarantulas found in Africa and Asia. [1]

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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 labio sternal mounds and the clypeus is usually absent, or very narrow. [3]

Genera

The WSC currently accepts these genera: [1]

Selenogyrus and Euphrictus were the original genera in Arthur Stanley Hirst's 1908 Selenogyrinae. Annandaliella was added by Gunter Schmidt in 1993. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog. NMBE. Retrieved June, 2016.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Smith, A.M. (1990). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. London: Fitzgerald Publishing. ISBN   978-0-9510939-7-9.
  4. ↑ Schmidt, G. (1993). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch Verlag, Hannover, 151 pp.
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