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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]

Characteristics

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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

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The WSC currently accepts these genera:[1]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.