Selenocosmia Samarae

''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. They are commonly referred to as whistling or barking spiders, due to their ability to stridulate using lyra hairs.

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'' (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1991) – New Guinea
*''Selenocosmia aruana'' Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
*''Selenocosmia barensteinerae'' (Schmidt, Hettegger & Matthes, 2010) – Borneo
*''Selenocosmia compta'' Kulczyński, 1911 – New Guinea
*''Selenocosmia crassipes'' ( L. Koch, 1874) – Australia ( Queensland)
*'' Selenocosmia deliana'' Strand, 1913 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
*'' Selenocosmia effera'' ( Simon, 1891) – Indonesia ( Moluccas)
*'' Selenocosmia fuliginea'' ( 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) – 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'' Chamberlin, 1917 – India
*'' Selenocosmia lanceolata'' Hogg, 1914 – New Guinea
*'' Selenocosmia lanipes'' Ausserer, 1875 – Indonesia ( 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, 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 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''

Nomina dubia
*''Selenocosmia lyra'' Strand, 1913
*''Selenocosmia subvulpina'' Strand, 1907

See also

* List of Theraphosidae species

References

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Theraphosidae genera
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of Oceania
Taxa named by Anton Ausserer
Theraphosidae