Selenogyrinae Explained

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 Hirst's 1908 Selenogyrinae. Annandaliella was added by Schmidt in 1993.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://wsc.nmbe.ch/genlist/100/Theraphosidae "Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869"
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. Book: Smith . A.M. . 1990 . Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East . London . Fitzgerald Publishing . 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.