The ''Selenocosmiinae'' are a subfamily of tarantulas (

Mygalomorphae The Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an infraorder of spiders, and comprise one of three major groups of living spiders with over 3000 species, found on all continents except Antarctica. Many members are known as trapdoor spiders due to t ...

Theraphosidae Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although m ...

) found throughout South-East Asia and Australia. This subfamily is defined by the presence of a lyra on the maxillae and strikers on the chelicerae, allowing these spiders to stridulate and produce a "hissing" sound. However some species within ''Phlogiellus'' may have secondary lost their lyra but retain their strikers. The monophyly of the subfamily has been only tested using genetic data with a handful of genera or species in a few studies. However, these studies found genera that had been previously placed in this subfamily were actual their own separate subfamily (''

Poecilotheria ''Poecilotheria'' is a genus of tarantulas native to India and Sri Lanka. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1885. They are arboreal tarantulas, commonly known as ornamental tarantulas, known for their vivid color patterns, fast move ...

'') and that Selenocosmiinae is most closely related to the Indian Thrigmopoeinae. As of 2021, Selenocosmiinae contains 11 genera.

Genera

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Birupes ''Birupes'' is a monotypic genus of southeast Asian tarantulas containing the single species, ''Birupes simoroxigorum''. It was first described by R. Gabriel and D. Sherwood in 2019, and it has only been found in Malaysia. See also * List of Ther ...

'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019 *''

Chilobrachys ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and the ...

'' Karsch, 1891 * ''

Coremiocnemis ''Coremiocnemis'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. They are named after the greek words korema, which means broom or brush, and kemis, meaning shin guard. Being a reference to the hirsute characteri ...

'' Simon, 1892 * ''

Haplocosmia ''Haplocosmia'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt & V. von Wirth in 1996. it contains three species, found in Nepal, Himalayas and Tibet: '' H. himalayana,'' '' H. nepalensis'' and '' H. sherwoodae'' ...

'' Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996 * ''

Lyrognathus ''Lyrognathus'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1895. Species it contains seven species, all found in Asia: *''Lyrognathus achilles'' West & Nunn, 2010 – Borneo *''Lyrognathus crotalus'' P ...

'' Pocock, 1895 * ''

Orphnaecus ''Orphnaecus'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. They have close to fifty lanceolate stridulatory spines on the chelicerae, known as "strikers". The male embolus has a single strong retrolateral keel ...

'' Simon, 1892 * ''

Phlogiellus ''Phlogiellus'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found throughout Asia and Papua New Guinea, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Tha ...

'' Pocock, 1897 * ''

Psednocnemis ''Psednocnemis'' is a genus of Southeast Asian tarantulas that was first described by R. C. West, S. C. Nunn & Henry Roughton Hogg in 2012. Species it contains five species, found in Indonesia and Malaysia: *''Psednocnemis brachyramosa'' ( ...

'' West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012 * ''

Selenocosmia ''Selenocosmia'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. The genus is found in China, New Guinea, Indonesia, Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, India and Pakistan. Th ...

'' Ausserer, 1871 * ''

Selenotholus ''Selenotholus'' is a monotypic genus of tarantulas containing the single species, ''Selenotholus foelschei''. It was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1902, and is found in the Northern Territory. It is distinguished from ''Selenocosmia' ...

'' Hogg, 1902 * ''

Selenotypus The genus ''Selenotypus'' includes one of the largest of Australia's theraphosids. At present, the only recognised species within this genus is ''Selenotypus plumipes'', but this is expected to change, as it is becoming apparent that the genus h ...

'' Pocock, 1895

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1150377 Theraphosidae Spider subfamilies Spiders of Asia