Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897

Sherwood, Danniella, Henrard, Arnaud & Van Den Spiegel, Didier, 2024, Selenogyrus foordi, a new species and the first record of the subfamily Selenogyrinae Smith, 1990 from Guinea (Araneae, Theraphosidae), African Invertebrates 65 (2), pp. 37-48 : 37-48

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13332800

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897
status

 

Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897 View in CoL

Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897: 768, pl. 41, fig. 2. View in CoL

Selenogyrus aureus View in CoL : Hirst, 1908: 402, fig. 1.

Selenogyrus aureus View in CoL : Smith, 1987: 98, fig. 100 h.

Selenogyrus aureus View in CoL : Smith, 1990: 138, figs 892–911.

Selenogyrus aureus View in CoL : Schmidt, 1993: 58, figs 35.

Selenogyrus aureus View in CoL : Schmidt, 2003: 116, fig. 63.

Material examined.

Holotype: Sierra Leone • 1 ♂; Sierre Leone [sic!]; no collector or date given; NHMUK 1865.83 About NHMUK .

Non-type: Guinea • 1 ♂; Massif du Ziama Biosphere Reserve , Guinea, 8 ° 24 ' N, 9 ° 17 ' W; pitfall traps in rainforest; 10 / 07 / 1998; leg. D. Flomo; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216682 GoogleMaps 1 ♂; same data except 23 / 07 / 1998; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216680 GoogleMaps 1 ♂; same data except 13 / 04 / 1998; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216681 GoogleMaps 1 ♂; same data except no date; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216683 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

See diagnosis for S. foordi sp. nov.

Distribution.

Guinea (new record) and Sierra Leone ( World Spider Catalog 2024).

Remarks.

We provide photomicrographs of the palpal bulb of the holotype male (Figs 8 A – D View Figure 8 ) to assist in identification of this species, but do not give a full description of the specimen since this will be forthcoming in a separate work by another colleague (R. Gallon pers. comm.).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Theraphosidae

SubFamily

Selenogyrinae

Genus

Selenogyrus

Loc

Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897

Sherwood, Danniella, Henrard, Arnaud & Van Den Spiegel, Didier 2024
2024
Loc

Selenogyrus aureus

Schmidt G 2003: 116
2003
Loc

Selenogyrus aureus

Schmidt G 1993: 58
1993
Loc

Selenogyrus aureus

Smith AM 1990: 138
1990
Loc

Selenogyrus aureus

Smith AM 1987: 98
1987
Loc

Selenogyrus aureus

Hirst AS 1908: 402
1908
Loc

Selenogyrus aureus

Pocock RI 1897: 768
1897