A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiinae
Author
West, Rick C.
Author
Nunn, Steven C.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2362
1
43
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.275727
1e79f840-6ced-48b5-ab20-94992c6f0a88
1175-5326
275727
Selenocosmiinae
Simon 1889
Selenocosmiae
Simon 1889
: 204;
Simon 1892
: 147;
Raven 1985
: 118. Poecilotherieae
Simon 1889
: 204;
Simon 1892
: 144.
Phlogieae
Simon 1892
: 144
. Synonymised by
Simon 1903
: 953
.
Diagnosis
(modified from
Raven 1985
,
2005
): With oval patch of modified setae (often bacillate) on prolateral maxillary face and originating medially, not ventrally from the oral fringe, opposing strong spiniform setae (strikers) on ectal cheliceral surface to stridulate: maxillary
lyra
reduced or absent in some genera, cheliceral strikers retained, sternal sigilla largely removed from sternal margins, many labial cuspules (>300), leg spines found only distally on metatarsi and tibial apophyses on leg I of mature males absent.