Selenogyrus foordi, a new species and the first record of the subfamily Selenogyrinae Smith, 1990 from Guinea (Araneae, Theraphosidae) Author Sherwood, Danniella 0000-0001-8170-9529 Arachnology Research Association, London, UK & Fundación Ariguanabo, San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba Author Henrard, Arnaud 0000-0003-3270-7193 Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium Author Van Den Spiegel, Didier 0000-0002-8696-9810 Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium text African Invertebrates 2024 2024-08-16 65 2 37 48 journal article 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284 6D1528B6-39B6-46C1-B46E-3E1C2EF65C42 Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897 Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897: 768 , pl. 41, fig. 2. Selenogyrus aureus : Hirst, 1908: 402 , fig. 1. Selenogyrus aureus : Smith, 1987: 98 , fig. 100 h. Selenogyrus aureus : Smith, 1990: 138 , figs 892–911. Selenogyrus aureus : Schmidt, 1993: 58 , figs 35. Selenogyrus aureus : Schmidt, 2003: 116 , fig. 63. Material examined. Holotype : Sierra Leone • 1 ♂ ; Sierre Leone [ sic !]; no collector or date given; NHMUK 1865.83 . 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 • 1 ♂ ; same data except 23 / 07 / 1998 ; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216680 • 1 ♂ ; same data except 13 / 04 / 1998 ; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216681 • 1 ♂ ; same data except no date; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216683 . 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 ) 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.). Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897 holotype male ( NHMUK 1865.83), palpal bulb (left-hand side) A prolateral view B retrolateral view C dorsal view D ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.