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''Selenocosmia'' is a genus of Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. The genus is found in China, New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, India and Pakistan. They are commonly referred to as whistling or barking spiders, due to their ability to Stridulation, stridulate using lyra hairs.
In a 2022 paper it was stated that "They can be distinguished from all other tarantula genera by the reduced and shallow apical keel. There is also an absence of dense tufts of retrolateral bristlelike hairs on the tibia and metatarsus of the fourth leg. They stridulate using the maxillae which have lyra hairs, which look somewhat like a scimitar.", citing another article from the previous year. However neither study compare against all Selenocosmia species, therefore it is unknown if this diagnosis holds for all Selenocosmia species.
Diagnosis
In a 2022 paper it was stated that "They can be distinguished from all other tarantula genera by the reduced and shallow apical keel. There is also an absence of dense tufts of retrolateral bristlelike hairs on the tibia and metatarsus of the fourth leg. They stridulate using the maxillae which have lyra hairs, which look somewhat like a scimitar.", citing another article from the previous year. However neither study compare against all Selenocosmia species, therefore it is unknown if this diagnosis holds for all Selenocosmia species.
Species
the genus contains thirty-six species and four subspecies, found in Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea: * ''Selenocosmia anubis'' Yu, S. Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, Li & Yang, 2021 - China *''Selenocosmia arndsti'' (Günter Schmidt (arachnologist), Schmidt & von Wirth, 1991) – New Guinea *''Selenocosmia aruana'' Embrik Strand, Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.) *''Selenocosmia barensteinerae'' (Schmidt, Hettegger & Matthes, 2010) – Borneo *''Selenocosmia compta'' Władysław Kulczyński, Kulczyński, 1911 – New Guinea *''Selenocosmia crassipes'' (Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, L. Koch, 1874) – Australia (Queensland) *''Selenocosmia deliana'' Strand, 1913 – Indonesia (Sumatra) *''Selenocosmia effera'' (Eugène Simon, Simon, 1891) – Indonesia (Moluccas) *''Selenocosmia fuliginea'' (Tamerlan Thorell, Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar *''Selenocosmia hasselti'' Simon, 1891 – Indonesia (Sumatra) *''Selenocosmia hirtipes'' Strand, 1913 – Indonesia (Moluccas), New Guinea *''Selenocosmia honesta'' Hirst, 1909 – New Guinea *''Selenocosmia insignis'' (Simon, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra) *''Selenocosmia javanensis'' (Walckenaer, 1837) (Type species, type) – Malaysia to Indonesia (Sulawesi) **''Selenocosmia j. brachyplectra'' Kulczyński, 1908 – Indonesia (Java) **''Selenocosmia j. dolichoplectra'' Kulczyński, 1908 – Indonesia (Java) **''Selenocosmia j. fulva'' Kulczyński, 1908 – Indonesia (Java) **''Selenocosmia j. sumatrana'' Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Sumatra) *''Selenocosmia jiafu'' Zhu & Zhang, 2008 – China, Laos *''Selenocosmia kovariki'' (Schmidt & Krause, 1995) – Vietnam *''Selenocosmia kulluensis'' Ralph Vary Chamberlin, Chamberlin, 1917 – India *''Selenocosmia lanceolata'' Henry Roughton Hogg, Hogg, 1914 – New Guinea *''Selenocosmia lanipes'' Ausserer, 1875 – Indonesia (Maluku Islands, Moluccas), New Guinea *''Selenocosmia longiembola'' Yu, S. Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, Li & Yang, 2021 - China *''Selenocosmia mittmannae'' (Barensteiner & Wehinger, 2005) – New Guinea *''Selenocosmia papuana'' Kulczyński, 1908 – New Guinea *''Selenocosmia peerboomi'' (Schmidt, 1999) – Philippines *''Selenocosmia pritami'' Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan *''Selenocosmia qiani'' Yu, S. Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, Li & Yang, 2021- China *''Selenocosmia raciborskii'' Kulczyński, 1908 – Indonesia (Java) *''Selenocosmia samarae'' (Giltay, 1935) – Philippines *''Selenocosmia similis'' Kulczyński, 1911 – New Guinea *''Selenocosmia stirlingi'' Hogg, 1901 – Australia *''Selenocosmia strenua'' (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) *''Selenocosmia strubelli'' Strand, 1913 – Indonesia (Java, Maluku Islands, Moluccas) and New Guinea *''Selenocosmia sutherlandi'' Gravely, 1935 – India *''Selenocosmia tahanensis'' Abraham, 1924 – Malaysia *''Selenocosmia valida'' (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea *''Selenocosmia xinhuaensis'' Zhu & Zhang, 2008 – China *''Selenocosmia zhangzhengi'' Lin, 2022 - China Formerly included: *''Selenocosmia dichromata'' (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992) → ''Orphnaecus dichromatus'' *''Selenocosmia hainana'' Liang, Peng, Huang & Chen → ''Cyriopagopus hainanus'' *''Selenocosmia himalayana'' Pocock, 1899 → ''Haplocosmia himalayana'' *''Selenocosmia huwena'' Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993 → ''Cyriopagopus schmidti'' *''Selenocosmia imbellis'' (Simon, 1891) → ''Psednocnemis imbellis'' *''Selenocosmia insulana'' Hirst, 1909 → ''Phlogiellus insulanus'' **''Selenocosmia insulana borneoensis'' Schmidt, 2015 → ''Phlogiellus insulanus borneoensis'' *''Selenocosmia nigroventris'' Marx, 1893 → ''Phoneyusa nigroventris'' (Nomen dubium) *''Selenocosmia obscura'' Hirst, 1909 → ''Phlogiellus obscurus'' *''Selenocosmia orophila'' (Thorell, 1897) → ''Phlogiellus orophilus'' *''Selenocosmia xinping'' Zhu & Zhang, 2008 → ''Phlogiellus xinping'' Nomen dubium, Nomina dubia *''Selenocosmia lyra'' Strand, 1913 *''Selenocosmia subvulpina'' Strand, 1907See also
* List of Theraphosidae speciesReferences
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2388465 Theraphosidae genera Spiders of Asia Spiders of Oceania Taxa named by Anton Ausserer Theraphosidae