The Selenocosmiinae[1] are a subfamily of tarantulas (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) 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.[2][3] However, these studies found genera that had been previously placed in this subfamily were actual their own separate subfamily (Poecilotheria) and that Selenocosmiinae is most closely related to the Indian Thrigmopoeinae. As of 2021, Selenocosmiinae contains 11 genera.
| Selenocosmiinae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Selenocosmia stirlingi | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Selenocosmiinae Simon, 1889 |
Genera[4] edit
- Birupes Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019[5]
- Chilobrachys Karsch, 1891[6]
- Coremiocnemis Simon, 1892[7]
- Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996
- Lyrognathus Pocock, 1895
- Orphnaecus Simon, 1892
- Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897
- Psednocnemis West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012
- Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871
- Selenotholus Hogg, 1902
- Selenotypus Pocock, 1895
References edit
- ^ West RC, Nunn SC, Hogg S (2012) A new tarantula genus, Psednocnemis, from West Malaysia (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with cladistic analyses and biogeography of Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889. Zootaxa 3299 1 43; reference page
- ^ Lüddecke, Tim; Krehenwinkel, Henrik; Canning, Gregory; Glaw, Frank; Longhorn, Stuart J.; Tänzler, René; Wendt, Ingo; Vences, Miguel (2018-02-01). "Discovering the silk road: Nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data resolve the phylogenetic relationships among theraphosid spider subfamilies". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 119: 63–70. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.015. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29104141.
- ^ Foley, Saoirse; Lüddecke, Tim; Cheng, Dong-Qiang; Krehenwinkel, Henrik; Künzel, Sven; Longhorn, Stuart J.; Wendt, Ingo; von Wirth, Volker; Tänzler, Rene; Vences, Miguel; Piel, William H. (2019-11-01). "Tarantula phylogenomics: A robust phylogeny of deep theraphosid clades inferred from transcriptome data sheds light on the prickly issue of urticating setae evolution". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 140: 106573. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106573. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 31374259. S2CID 199389268.
- ^ "Selenocosmiinae". www.tarantupedia.com. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ Simon, Eugène (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées (2. éd. ed.). Paris: Roret.
External links edit
Data related to Selenocosmiinae at Wikispecies
Media related to Selenocosmiinae at Wikimedia Commons
