Selenotholus

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Selenotholus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Selenotholus
Hogg, 1902 [1]
Species:
S. foelschei
Binomial name
Selenotholus foelschei
Hogg, 1902

Selenotholus is a monotypic genus of tarantulas containing the single species, Selenotholus foelschei. It was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1902, [2] and is found in the Northern Territory. [1] It is distinguished from Selenocosmia in by a thoracic fovea recurved, along with the first and fourth pairs of legs being of equal size.

S. foelschei was named after its collecter, Paul Foelsche.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Selenotholus Hogg, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. Hogg, H. R. (1902). "On some additions to the Australian spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 72: 121–142.