Selenogyrinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Subfamily: |
Selenogyrinae Hirst, 1908 |
Genera | |
See text |
The Selenogyrinae are a subfamily of tarantulas found in Africa and Asia. [1]
The Selenogyrinae are characterized by a unique stridulating organ situated between the chelicerae, which consists of two very similar rows of hair. In Annandaliella, this is reduced. [2] Some species have labio sternal mounds and the clypeus is usually absent, or very narrow. [3]
The WSC currently accepts these genera: [1]
Selenogyrus and Euphrictus were the original genera in Hirst's 1908 Selenogyrinae. Annandaliella was added by Schmidt in 1993. [4]