The Selenogyrinae are a subfamily of

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s found in

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."Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869"
''World Spider Catalog''. NMBE. Retrieved June, 2016.

Characteristics

The Selenogyrinae are characterized by a unique stridulating organ situated between the

chelicera The chelicerae () are the mouthparts of the subphylum Chelicerata, an arthropod group that includes arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. Commonly referred to as "jaws", chelicerae may be shaped as either articulated fangs, or similarly ...

e, which consists of two very similar rows of hair. In '' Annandaliella'', this is reduced.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 Some species have labio

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mounds and the clypeus is usually absent, or very narrow.

Genera

The WSC currently accepts these genera: *'' 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

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in 1993.Schmidt, G. (1993). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch Verlag, Hannover, 151 pp.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2164597 Theraphosidae Spider subfamilies