Selenocosmia

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Selenocosmia
AustralianMuseum spider specimen 55.JPG
Selenocosmia stirlingi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Subfamily: Selenocosmiinae
Genus: Selenocosmia
Ausserer, 1871[1]
Type species

(Walckenaer, 1837)
Species

32, see text

Synonyms[1]

Selenocosmia is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[3]

Species[]

As of May 2020 it contains thirty-two species and four subspecies, found in Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea:[1]

  • (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1991) – New Guinea
  • Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
  • (Schmidt, Hettegger & Matthes, 2010) – Borneo
  • Kulczyński, 1911 – New Guinea
  • Selenocosmia crassipes (L. Koch, 1874) – Australia (Queensland)
  • Strand, 1913 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • (Simon, 1891) – Indonesia (Moluccas)
  • (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar
  • Simon, 1891 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Strand, 1913 – Indonesia (Moluccas), New Guinea
  • Hirst, 1909 – New Guinea
  • (Simon, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • (Walckenaer, 1837) (type) – Malaysia to Indonesia (Sulawesi)
    • Kulczyński, 1908 – Indonesia (Java)
    • Kulczyński, 1908 – Indonesia (Java)
    • Kulczyński, 1908 – Indonesia (Java)
    • Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Zhu & Zhang, 2008 – China, Laos
  • (Schmidt & Krause, 1995) – Vietnam
  • Chamberlin, 1917 – India
  • Hogg, 1914 – New Guinea
  • Ausserer, 1875 – Indonesia (Moluccas), New Guinea
  • (Barensteiner & Wehinger, 2005) – New Guinea
  • Kulczyński, 1908 – New Guinea
  • (Schmidt, 1999) – Philippines
  • Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan
  • Kulczyński, 1908 – Indonesia (Java)
  • (Giltay, 1935) – Philippines
  • Kulczyński, 1911 – New Guinea
  • Selenocosmia stirlingi Hogg, 1901 – Australia
  • (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
  • Strand, 1913 – Indonesia (Java, Moluccas) or New Guinea
  • Gravely, 1935 – India
  • Abraham, 1924 – Malaysia
  • (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
  • Zhu & Zhang, 2008 – China

Formerly included:

  • S. dichromata (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992) (Transferred to Orphnaecus)
  • S. hainana Liang, Peng, Huang & Chen (Transferred to Cyriopagopus)
  • S. himalayana Pocock, 1899 (Transferred to Haplocosmia)
  • S. huwena Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993 (Transferred to Cyriopagopus)
  • S. imbellis (Simon, 1891) (Transferred to Psednocnemis)
  • S. insulana Hirst, 1909 (Transferred to Phlogiellus)
  • S. insulanus Schmidt, 2015 (Transferred to Phlogiellus)
  • S. nigroventris Marx, 1893 (Transferred to Phoneyusa)
  • S. obscura Hirst, 1909 (Transferred to Phlogiellus)
  • S. orophila (Thorell, 1897) (Transferred to Phlogiellus)
  • S. xinping Zhu & Zhang, 2008 (Transferred to Phlogiellus)

Nomina dubia

  • S. lyra Strand, 1913
  • S. subvulpina Strand, 1907

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gen. Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Raven, R. J. (2000). "Taxonomica Araneae I: Barychelidae, Theraphosidae, Nemesiidae and Dipluridae (Araneae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 45: 570.
  3. ^ Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.


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